Matthew Pennycook
The Public Record
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August 23, 2026
The government is absolutely determined to stick with that ambition.
— Matthew Pennycook
We want to see new homes built on them to bolster economic growth to get development in the right places
The people who should own buildings, and who should exercise control over their management, shared facilities and related costs are not third-party landlords but the people who live in flats within them and who have a direct stake in their…
We don’t think that’s in our national interest. [The ECHR] underpins a series of incredibly important agreements, including the Good Friday agreement. We want to reform it in conjunction with European partners, not by withdrawing from it…
the aim was to build 'well-designed, affordable, attractive homes' that would 'eventually house millions of people, just as the post-War waves of new towns did'





