Not in the ministers back yard: is Starmers cabinet onboard with housebuilding plans? | Housing [Video]

Keir Starmer came to power promising national renewal in the Labour party manifesto, which would come about by the “rebuilding of our country, so that it once again serves the interests of working people”.

Starmer could have hardly dreamed of such a comfortable landslide victory, but even with it there may still be pushback against his pledges from members of his own frontbench.

On the issue of housing, several members of Starmer’s cabinet have expressed views that do not quite align with his plans, and between them they have been involved in stopping the construction of thousands of homes around the country.

Could this impede the new prime minister’s ambitions to build the 1.5m homes promised in the manifesto? Here we look at some of his closest allies who have shown moments of nimbyism.