"Keir Starmer's Bold Housing Agenda: Tackling Nimbys and Broken Homeownership"
Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, has declared himself a Yimby ("yes in my back yard") and expressed his support for building new homes in local areas. He plans to "bulldoze" restrictive planning rules and override local MPs to construct 1.5 million homes if elected. Starmer believes that previous governments have been too hesitant to address the housing crisis due to local opposition. In his speech at the Labour Party conference, he proposed using state-backed companies to build new towns near English cities and restricting councils' ability to halt developments on under-used urban land.