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Originally Posted by Mick
Just because there has been a hint, means nothing and even if it does not make a Manifesto, does not mean they will allow the same failed open door policies that exist now.
So stop getting all excited about nothing and you still haven't answered me how we are to continue to house the 300K immigrants we get each year?
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When we've got some proper numbers we can start proscribing solutions. I don't think there's a magic solution to UK housing but we definitely need to stem the concentration of business and government in London. There's empty housing in places like Blackpool and Newcastle but the jobs aren't there. There's lonely elderly people staying in four-bedroomed houses who would love some company whilst there's young people crammed to the nines in small houses wishing for some space. There's council houses being sold off and repurchased by councils for several times what they sold them for.
People sometimes imagine that there is a fixed number of jobs and houses. Both have grown over time and we now have a record number of people in employment. But I appreciate in some trades and areas it may not feel that way.