"We can't have a situation where a newt's more protected than people who desperately need housing". Housing Secretary Angela Rayner promises "clarity" on planning objection rules this week. #TrevorPhillips 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233, YouTube

@AngelaRayner This woman is thick as mince.

@AngelaRayner What if it's a trans newt though???? Didn't consider that you bigots.....

@AngelaRayner Stop housing migrants…..problem solved!

@AngelaRayner By people, she means illegal immigrants... don't get it twisted labour don't consider British born people who need housing as people

@AngelaRayner Why do illegal migrants have more rights than British citizens

@AngelaRayner Mass deportation is needed

@AngelaRayner Newts have more rights in this country than the illegals you want give those houses too. Hypocrites

@AngelaRayner Stop letting so many people come into this country, less houses needed= wildlife stands half a chance, once it’s gone, it’s gone…..

@AngelaRayner And it was MPs not councillors who passed the laws that protected the newts.

There are roughly 2,500 tradespeople per million in the UK.  South East: Has the highest concentration of tradespeople, with one tradesperson per 137.5 households London: Has one tradesperson per 130.6 households East of England: Has the third highest concentration of tradespeople South West: Has 16,155 skilled workers North East: Has the lowest concentration of tradespeople, with one skilled tradesperson per 305 homes  The site my husband works as a tiler builds 73 houses per year in Cambridgeshire based on size of the site,there are obviously smaller and bigger sites. All are going to be rental houses on this specific site. According to a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) working paper, there are more than 5,800 building sites in the UK, owned or controlled by 11 large housebuilders. These sites contain an estimated 1.17 million land plots, including around 658,000 long-term plots and 522,000 short-term plots.  Based on the above existing Data 53 homes x 5800 sites = Two million one hundred seventeen thousand homes can be built in 5 years. IF THERES MORE TRADESPEOPLE AND MORE HOUSE BUILDERS THE TARGET OF 1 MILLION 500 HOMES ITS ACHEIVEABLE 5,000 new apprenticeships planned in bid to boost housebuilding 25 NOV 2024 BY IAN WEINFASS The government has announced plans to invest £140m to create 5,000 more construction apprenticeships in England. A joint statement from four Whitehall departments said “up to” 32 new Homebuilding Skills Hubs will be set up in areas that need more housing to train people in… The Prime Minister and Education Secretary have announced the launch of Skills England to bring together the fractured skills landscape and create a shared national ambition to boost the nation’s skills. The Education Secretary has also today (22 July 2024) appointed Richard Pennycook CBE, former chief executive of the Co-operative Group and lead non-executive director at the DfE, as the interim Chair. Skills are crucial to economic growth, with a third of productivity improvement over the last two decades explained by improvements to skills levels. But between 2017 and 2022 skills shortages in this country doubled to more than half a million, and now account for 36% of job vacancies. Skills England will bring together central and local government, businesses, training providers and unions to meet the skills needs of the next decade across all regions, providing strategic oversight of the post-16 skills system aligned to the government’s Industrial Strategy.   Supporting local areas to develop the skilled workforces they need – in particular across construction and healthcare - is fundamental to the government’s mission to raise growth sustainably. By working with the Migration Advisory Committee, Skills England will also help reduce reliance on overseas workers.   Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: Our skills system is in a mess, which is why we are transforming our approach to meet skills needs over the coming decades. They will help to deliver our number one mission as a government, to kickstart economic growth, by opening up new opportunities for young people and enabling British businesses to recruit more home-grown talent. From construction to IT, healthcare to engineering, our success as a country depends on delivering highly skilled workforces for the long-term. Skills England will put in place the framework needed to achieve that goal while reducing our reliance on workers from overseas. Very important Article Skills England to transform opportunities and drive growth New body launched to bring together key partners to meet the skills needs of the next decade across all regions.