Timothy Sumer

During another heated session at prime minister’s questions, the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, clashed with Rishi Sunak on the issue of housebuilding, telling MPs that the government was falling short of its own housebuilding targets. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► Starmer said: ‘The ambitions of families across the country have been crushed by his failing Tory government.’ He added that housebuilding was at its lowest rate since the war because the prime minister ‘can’t stand up to his own party’. Sunak responded by arguing that the Labour leader’s shadow cabinet didn’t support his position on increasing the housing supply and said that housing starts are double the number they were under Labour. He also added that there is a 20-year high for first-time buyers. The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► Website ► Faceb...

Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer clashed over the government's target to build 300,000 new homes a year during Prime Minister's Questions. Read more on this story: Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: ... ( read more ) LEARN MORE ABOUT: IRA Accounts TRANSFER IRA TO GOLD: Gold IRA Account TRANSFER IRA TO SILVER: Silver IRA Account REVEALED: Best Gold Backed IRA In today's Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs), the Leader of the Opposition, Keir Starmer, launched a scathing attack on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, over the government's housebuilding target. Starmer accused the Chancellor of failing to meet the urgent housing needs of the country and failing to address the ever-growing housing crisis. The central focus of Starmer's assault was the government's manifesto promise to deliver 300,...