Sunak’s housing pledge amid economic warnings
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Len Shackleton writes for ConservativeHome
Julian Jessop quoted in Asian Lite
Asian Lite quoted:
“However, analysts from the right-leaning think tank the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) have warned that already downbeat predictions on the housebuilding share of GDP by the Office for Budget Responsibility ‘may not be pessimistic enough’ and predicted shortfall could extinguish blossoming growth.
“Julian Jessop, a fellow at the IEA, said only 37,750 builds were started in England in Q1 of 2023 and ‘a fall in output will have huge implications for UK plc.’”
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