Construction industry gossip: Dreams can come true

By Hansom2019-08-09T05:00:00

Housing minister Esther McVey makes a bold promise, the heat is on at home and abroad and some climate change activists may have got it wrong

10 out of 10 for McVey

I was delighted to see Esther McVey waste no time in getting to grips with her new brief as housing minister, after being catapulted into the political big time again by Boris Johnson. The former TV presenter, who resigned as work and pensions minister last year, visited a new housing scheme in Hampshire on her first full day in the job to declare she would “make the dream of homeownership a reality” for the next generation. Given the revolving door policy that seems to bedevil housing minister appointments – we’ve had 10 in 10 years after all – I fear Esther won’t be around to see the youngsters’ dreams come true.

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