At various conferences over the summer, both Sir Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy, the Shadow Levelling Up Secretary, have pledged to “back the builders, not the blockers”, in the event they enter government at the next general election. It is no coincidence that the slogan Labour put at the heart of its most recent local elections campaign was “Build a Better Britain”.

At the same time, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has spent the last six months conducting the first stage of a thorough market study into housebuilding.

In the third of DRD’s Labour report series, DRD’s Competition team takes a look at how the regulator’s findings could be viewed by the Labour Party, and leveraged as they look to enter government with a substantial boost to housing stock.

For the full report, please click here.