A candidate for Mayor of London, who is also a mother-of-seven, claims that her own children will not be able to live in the city due to its unaffordable housing market. She points out that over the last 20 years, house prices in London have risen much faster than earnings, resulting in barely any change in property availability. The candidate, who is running as a Reform candidate, suggests that she would free up Transport for London (TfL) land for housing and simplify regulations to speed up building if elected in 2028. She argues that current regulations are too burdensome and hinder the creation of new homes.
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The mother-of-seven told the Standard: “I speak to so many kids who are on £60,000 in London, like top earners in the country.
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who → tell → country
“There is no way they can afford to build and have a home.
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they → be → home
And actually when it comes time for them to have kids, they move out of London.
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they → come → London
Sadiq [Khan] boasts we have the greenest home building or you know, the greenest construction.
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you → boast → building
How is that helping Londoners?
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that → help → Londoners
It's not, I want people to boast about how many young people have owned a home and built a family in London.
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people → want → London
Over the last 20 years house prices in the capital have risen far faster than earnings, the Centre for London has said.
Its analysis, which has examined housing stock and affordability data, shows that property availability in the capital has barely changed over the past two decades.
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availability → rise → decades
In 2002, London had about 421 homes per 1,000 people.
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London → have → people
The figure dipped slightly after the financial crisis and has now returned to a similar level.
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figure → dip → level
Ms Cunningham said that if she were to become the Mayor of London after the next election, due in 2028, she would free up TfL land for housing and cut regulations to speed up building.
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she → say → building
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She suggested that many schemes should receive default approval and it should not be up to developers to prove why a project is needed.
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project → read → developers
“What we've seen is regulation has massively reduced the amount of home building that has been built,” she added.
“
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she → see → building
And I feel that we need to look at regulation in a different way.
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we → feel → way
We need to ask, is it actually defending us or protecting us from a harm?
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it → need → harm
And what problem is this regulation trying to solve?
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regulation → try → problem
And if it isn't, then it's got to go.
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it → get → ?
“And I feel there's a presumption in London...
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I → feel → London
if I go to City Hall or a council and I want to build something or create a business, the presumption is you’ve got to prove to me why that business is needed or why that building has to go up.
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building → go → me
You’ve got to go through hoops, you’ve got to pay thousands of pounds.
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you → get → pounds
I want to reverse that presumption.
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I → want → presumption
If it's needed, it's up to me to prove why it shouldn't go up.
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it → need → me
It's not up to you to prove why it's needed.
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it → prove → you
So if someone comes to me at City Hall and says, I want to build something, I'm gonna create thousands of jobs.
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I → come → jobs
Bring millions of pounds, I'm not going to ask City Hall to regulate it or create some complicated policy, I'm gonna be like, how the hell can we get this done?”
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this → bring → policy
