Is this enough to make you vote for Labour?

[d000hg]

200k houses every year? That's getting on for a million people housed every year. Do we have even 1 million homeless people, much less several million?

Or are the extra houses for the extra immigrants they'll allow to flood in?

[amcdonald]

The thing I fail to understand about all these houses they promise to build is how will they make any money? Obviously you have the initial outlay to build the houses and then once the tenants are in they'll be paying rent far below the average for a private rent, plus the fact that the majority of tenants will be on HB which is paid by the government anyway. Have I missed something?

Couldn't he just outsource it to India and build 200,000 there and make the pledge with plenty cheapness

[SueEllen]

200k houses every year? That's getting on for a million people housed every year. Do we have even 1 million homeless people, much less several million?

Or are the extra houses for the extra immigrants they'll allow to flood in?

According to councils there are nearly 2 million homeless people which includes people who are overcrowded and old people living in unsuitable accommodation.

[vetran]

200k houses every year? That's getting on for a million people housed every year. Do we have even 1 million homeless people, much less several million?

Or are the extra houses for the extra immigrants they'll allow to flood in?

| Over 2 Million British Passports Handed Out Since 2000

and another 2 million eligible to come here from Romania etc.

we need 200K every year for the next 20 years to cope with that.

Good job Mandelson sent out a search party!

[d000hg]

According to councils there are nearly 2 million homeless people which includes people who are overcrowded and old people living in unsuitable accommodation.

And yet also a problem with empty houses!

[Mich the Tester]

Vote Labour? The very thought of it is enough to make a chap vomit.

[vetran]

And yet also a problem with empty houses!

A small number in the wrong place and mainly privately owned. Maybe we should requisition houses for State use, Mother Russia needs homes?

http://www.emptyhomes.com/wp-content...-stats2012.jpg

Homes From Empty Homes » Empty Homes Statistics 2011/12

259,000 are long- term empty (meaning they have been empty for more than six months). So 10% of what they need now. Only 30,000 in the south east.

You will probably find most of these are being allowed to fall down to force planning or aren't in a fit state or place to rent.

[NickFitz]

SMEs with property are better off whilst everybody else pays 21% CT rather than 20% - is that the gist of it?

No. But if you're lucky, they'll offer adult literacy and numeracy education too

[TykeMerc]

From the BBC (so pinch of salt).

Quoted from Milibrain :-

"The Labour leader argued firms had been "overcharging" customers for many years and millions of households would benefit from the temporary cap on prices at a time when finances were under acute pressure and many were struggling to heat their homes."

If they were overcharging for years why didn't the incumbent Labour administration pull them up on that?

This whole speech is a typical soundbite laden pile of un-costed, impractical horsesh1t aimed at conning a few extra votes with no realistic prospect delivery.

[amcdonald]

This whole speech is a typical soundbite laden pile of un-costed, impractical horsesh1t aimed at conning a few extra votes with no realistic prospect delivery.

True, but it could still win them the election