And over Saturday and Sunday we had huge demand for the now iconic Build Baby Build hats signed by the unstoppable Steve Reed MP. Thanks to everyone who came across the week and showed how committed Labour is to getting Britain building!

We had an acronym extravaganza with LPDF and PLMR at our panel on what Labour has gotten right on planning reform and what we need to tackle the housing crisis. Thanks to Mike Reader, Sam Stafford, Gemma Gallant, and our co chairs Marc and Shreya for their contributions!

Bold action is needed to fix the housing crisis 👇

Young people will miss out the most if the Government loses its way on planning reform 👇

We desperately need a planning system with less bureaucracy 👇

It’s not too late to change course and back the builders, not the blockers 👇

Conceding to NIMBYs risks the Government undermining its own mandate for change 👇

The organisations these amendments are trying to satisfy cannot be trusted.

Many promised to support the P & I Bill before publication, but have since done nothing but attack it.

They are not honest brokers and care more about blocking new homes than protecting nature.

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Amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill will water down meaningful reform that is needed if we are to build 1.5 million homes this Parliament, and risk disappointing the millions of young voters who voted Labour in 2024 to solve the housing crisis.

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By allowing mayors powers to call in strategic planning applications, and giving them the power to levy London-style community infrastructure levys to get developments moving, it removes more bottlenecks in the planning system.