The housing crisis demands actions, not words, from Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, has a good understanding of the challenge facing her. “Over-promising and under-delivering has been a curse for politicians,” she said on Saturday, “because people have become disillusioned with that, and frustrated, and don’t see politics as a vehicle of change. That’s why we’ve now got to deliver.”
She opens Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool on Sunday with a speech that promises to begin the work of change. There is, sadly, little danger of her “over-promising” on this occasion. While the rhetoric of ensuring that “homes are decent, warm, and safe” is welcome enough, the detail is lacking, and time is already marching on.
In the advance publicity for her speech, her plans to fix the housing crisis seem to have progressed disappointingly slowly since the election. The Independent applauds her announcement that Awaab’s Lawwill be “brought forward” this …