Every promise Labour has made to homeowners and renters in the general election

The results of the general election have now been announced, with the Labour party winning by a huge majority. Millions of voters took to their local polling station on Thursday (July 4) to cast their votes in the first nationwide election since 2019.

After a landslide victory, Sir Keir Starmer is now set to become the new prime minister, Labour’s first since Gordon Brown in 2010, ending the Conservative Party's 14 years in Downing Street, with Rishi Sunak conceding defeat and now stepping down.

During their campaigning ahead of the election, Labour released its manifesto which laid out its future plans in a bid to convince undecided voters. Amongst these were a number of housing policies that the new government are set to introduce.

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Ahead of the election, Keir Starmer told Rightmove: “Only Labour has a serious plan to tackle the housing crisis. After fourteen years of the Tories, the idea of owning your own home has become a pipe dream for many.

"If we have the privilege of being elected on the 4th of July, we’ll take the action needed to get Britain building again, delivering 1.5 million new homes and reforming the planning system.”

Here are all the promises that Labour have made to improve the market for homeowners and renters in the UK:

Labour says it will deliver 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament. Labour’s Matthew Pennycook told Rightmove: “Our immediate focus would be to reform the planning system, starting with updating the National Planning Policy Framework.

“Other measures include finally getting serious about boosting Local Plan coverage, building a series of large-scale new communities, including a new