A year after the general election, what progress are we making towards 1.5 million homes?

By Paul Smith 2025-07-04T06:00:00

Today (Friday) marks a year since Labour won a historic landslide in the general election. Paul Smith assesses how the government has fared against its key housing delivery pledge

Central to Labour’s general election winning manifesto was a commitment to deliver 1.5 million new homes by 2029. Within weeks of their victory, the new government began putting their plans into action, consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework and a new formula for calculating housing targets both squarely aimed at achieving that goal.

One year on, recent headline data paints a bleak picture of progress.

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