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In this episode, Sarah Blaney and Nick Claydon respond directly to a recent BBC Panorama documentary on the UK government's ambitious pledge to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029.

What You'll Learn:

• Why the government’s 1.5 million homes promise might as well be fiction
• How Thatcher’s Right to Buy scheme broke the social housing system
• Why apprenticeships dried up, and why nobody wants to be a bricklayer anymore
• How local councillors and planning committees kill good development
• What “grey belt” land is, and why it could be the real answer to housing shortages

Timestamps

[03:02] - Housing Crisis Origins: Thatcher, Right to Buy & No Replacements

[04:57] - Construction Chaos: Brexit, Boomers & University Overload

[09:10] - The Fantasy of 1.5 Million New Homes

[12:16] - Why Landlords Aren’t the Villains You Think

[15:24] - Greenbelt vs Grey Belt: The Land We Can’t Touch

[20:17] - Planning Hell: Local Council Shenanigans

[27:31] - Eight Years for Planning on a Brownfield Site

[29:34] - Nutrient Neutrality, Sewage, and 40-Year Mistakes

[32:48] - Final Thoughts: How Do We Fix This?

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