Primary objectives

• Cut VAT from 20 per cent to five per cent for all building repair and maintenance work. Click here to download a report that argues the case for this and demonstrates how a VAT cut has worked on the continent
  
• Develop and implement a coherent strategy to deal with the UK's existing housing stock, both in terms of helping to create more homes and making the UK's existing stock more energy efficient
  
• Set targets for all local authorities to fast track the planning process to release and designate land for social housing