PM Launches Major House-Building Drive

Theresa May has today insisted that Britain is not too 'overcrowded' for a massive house-building initiative.

The Prime Minister rejected the notion that building more houses means concreting over the Green Belt as she accepted that young people were 'right to be angry' about the inability to get on the housing ladder.

Mrs May announced a package of measures aimed to address the current housing shortage, including the creation of up to five new 'garden towns' to be built in the corridor between Oxford and Cambridge.

She has also vowed to crackdown on blocks to construction, such as developers 'sitting on' land while waiting for its value to rise.

As part of her speech the Prime Minister said:

"This is not an overcrowded nation. Only around 10 per cent of England has been built on. We are not faced with a zero-sum choice between building the homes people need and protecting the open spaces we treasure.

"That's why the answer to our housing crisis does not lie in tearing up the Green Belt. Barely 13 per cent of this country is covered by such a designation, but it serves a valuable and very specific purpose."

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