Starmer accuses Rishi Sunak of ‘killing the dream of home ownership’

Labour leader castigates PM for dropping compulsory housebuilding targets for councils

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Keir Starmer has accused Rishi Sunak of “killing the dream of home ownership for a generation” with his decision to scrap housebuilding targets, as he again used prime minister’s questions to try to portray Sunak as privileged and out of touch.

Saying that hundreds of thousands of people would be paying higher mortgages because of the fiscal chaos amid Liz Truss’s brief administration, Starmer said the Conservatives had used people’s money “as a casino chip”.