内容摘要："In the last two years I have accepted who I am because I can either be unhappy for 80 years of my life, or accept it and make some change," she added.

"In the last two years I have accepted who I am because I can either be unhappy for 80 years of my life, or accept it and make some change," she added.

Sir Keir Starmer has shouted about building homes since his opposition days, trying out the line "we are the builders" at his party's conference in 2023 and repeating it since. Sources in the sector welcome Labour's concentration and ambition on housing and contrast it with the "negative" relationship with the previous government. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, who will be on our show tomorrow, is praised for properly talking to, and listening to, the industry."It's brilliant to have a government that wants to fix the market - it's pretty broken," a housing leader said. Even a senior Conservative applauded Sir Keir and Rayner's focus on housing and the return of targets for local councils to build: "She is right to bring back mandatory targets and we were wrong to get rid of them."

Some question whether the government's approach is radical enough, but it is busy introducing measures it hopes will help the sector meet what sources describe as a "stretching" target to build 1.5 million new homes by the end of their term in office, in 2029.Ministers are trying to change the planning rules in a planning bill coming next month, bring back targets for councils, speed up building of big housing developments, and a new taskforce hopes to create new towns. The political message you'll hear regularly not just from Rayner on housing, but from the prime minister on nuclear reactors and the Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Heathrow is: "The answer can't always be no."This intention - to build, not block - is one thing. Making it real is different altogether.

Countless ministers have told us they are changing the planning rules and nobody in the industry, or indeed in the opposition, would tell you that planning isn't a big part of the problem.But look at what's actually happened in recent times - in the run-up to the election, when Labour seemed on their way back to power, the number of planning approvals

. Since Labour moved into No 10 the number of sites approved for development has continued to fall.

And while banging the drum for building, the government has also put up stamp duty for first-time buyers, andIn his letter to Reeves, he said he had "endeavoured to give a voice to the voiceless" during his time in Parliament.

But he acknowledged his time as an MP "has been curtailed by a mistake for which I have taken full responsibility."Speaking to GB news earlier, Amesbury said he was "sad" and "devastated", adding: "Not only for me, but my staff as well, because, course, it goes beyond me, for my family. This is a result of something that I did on October 26."

Asked about the incident, which was captured on CCTV and widely shared online, Mr Amesbury said "I should have walked away" and "I don't recognise myself".He added: "But it is me, and it's very important that I've owned that through the legal process. A plea of guilty.