Sunak and Starmer should give construction the attention it deserves

By Richard Steer2023-08-17T06:00:00

There is an opportunity for the two biggest parties to put the built environment front and centre, writes Richard Steer

Summer is a busy time for the political parties. With parliament in recess and a general election coming next year, the strategists, working parties, focus groups and policy people are gathered in hotels inking their manifestos.

However, they are all struggling against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, the post-covid hangover, plus a ghastly economy which is both flat and uninspiring. To quote Monty Python, our fiscal position is the equivalent of a dead parrot – if the economy wasn’t nailed to its perch, it would be pushing up the daisies.

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