The Bank of England has kept the interest rate at 5.25% in a 'finely balanced' decision.
Policy Area |
Conservative |
Labour |
Liberal Democrats |
New Homes |
1.6 million new homes over the next parliament. |
1.5 million new homes over the next parliament. |
380,000 new homes per year. |
Social Housing |
Renew Affordable Homes Programme for developers. |
Significant increase in social and affordable housing, focusing on social rented homes. |
150,000 new social homes per year, giving local authorities power to end Right to Buy. |
First-time buyers |
Stamp duty exemptions; new Help to Buy scheme; mortgage guarantee scheme. |
Comprehensive mortgage guarantee scheme; first chance for first-time buyers on new-builds. |
Rent payments to progressively give social tenants ownership over 30 years via a Rent to Own model. |
Renters |
Complete Renters Reform Bill and ban no-fault evictions. |
Ban no-fault evictions; extend Awaab’s Law; empower renters to challenge unreasonable rent increases. |
Ban no-fault evictions; introduce national register of landlords; set three-year default tenancies. |
Leasehold reform |
Cap ground rents at £250 and end the misuse of forfeiture. |
Reform the leasehold system, ensuring commonhold becomes the default tenure. |
Abolish residential leaseholds and cap ground rents. |
Homelessness |
Continue plans to end rough sleeping. |
Develop a new cross-government strategy to end homelessness. |
End rough sleeping within the next Parliament and scrap the Vagrancy Act. |
The Bank of England and its Governor Andrew Bailey have decided to freeze the base interest rate again this month, keeping it at 5.25%
Rates remain at 5.25% but inflation is heading towards 2% which all-but guarantees a welcome cut soon.
UK inflation has fallen to 3.4% which is the lowest in nearly two years.
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