内容摘要：Critics of the plan have said this will end up costing the council more money in the long-term - including

Critics of the plan have said this will end up costing the council more money in the long-term - including

, which prompted Mr Blair to describe himself as a “pretty straight sort of guy”.Maybe there are some comparisons with the debate now over cancellation of the winter fuel payment for millions of pensioners and all the stories about freebie clothes, glasses and concert tickets for senior government figures.

But there is a big difference.The zeitgeist then was optimism and significant economic growth, meaning the trade-offs of governing were perhaps less stark and the electorate was perhaps (at least a smidgen) more forgiving.It all feels rather different now.

The political backdrop of the mid-2020s is an anti-politics era of wild political flux, shrivelled election turnouts, noisy social media and, crucially, a protracted period of squeezed living standards.suggesting that, three months in, Sir Keir is the second least popular prime minister since the 1990s, beaten only by Truss.

Sir Keir’s promise to end what he calls “the politics of easy solutions” reaches an audience many of whom appear likely to be unforgiving and have perhaps never been less tribal.

In the last 15 years, Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party have hit historic highs or lows, and for some of them both."It doesn't feel like a home," says Jason. "We can't make this a home because we don't know how long we are going to be here for."

They are now one of more than 1,100 families on the waiting list for a council home in Portsmouth. Jason, 49, is a bus driver and says housing in England has become unaffordable for working families like his.by setting ambitious housebuilding targets for areas like Portsmouth, which could help people like Sam and Jason.

The aim is for 370,000 new homes in England every year, to fulfil a government promise for 1.5m new homes within the next five years. Local authorities are being told to give developers permission to build - and planning decisions will be pushed through by the government if necessary.But some local councils in England will need to see a five-fold increase in new housing to meet government targets, analysis by BBC Verify suggests.