Tories need to worry that half of under-40s do not want to vote for them as they abandoned Theresa May in last year’s General Election
The party's future depends on Theresa May being able to attract them back and to do that she needs to solve the housing crisis
The push to rebuild trust with under 40s
THE Tories should be gravely concerned that half of voters under 40 won’t vote for them.
At last year’s General Election, this age group abandoned Theresa May in their droves. Her party’s future depends on clawing them back.
A poll shows Mrs May has offered little to attract them back. Not being Jeremy Corbyn is not enough. She needs to solve the housing crisis.
The number of people renting in their 30s, 40s, and 50s has nearly doubled in the past decade. Home ownership is at a 30-year low.
The average home costs almost eight times average earnings, 11 in London.
Brickies and nurses need six- figure deposits to get on the ladder.
New Housing Secretary James Brokenshire needs to get radical to solve the issue.
The Treasury should find the cash to unleash a building programme.
Archaic planning laws need to be scrapped, too. The housing crisis cannot be fixed without building on some of the Green Belt.
Construction firms who sit on land to keep supply low and prices high should also be fined to force them to build.
The Government was right to slash stamp duty for first-time buyers, but it needs shaking up across the board. Cutting it would encourage older people to downsize and help families upsize.
Most people under 40 are not socialists, just smitten by Jeremy Corbyn’s promise of freebies. They are aspirational hard-workers, who want a home to call their own. Many are the people Mrs May once called those “Just About Managing”.
House reforms are vital for the future of the Tory Party. Next to Brexit, it is the most important thing for them to fix.
Mrs May once said it was her mission to solve the housing crisis.
Well, PM, what happened?
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