Government lays out housing plans but Burnham backtracks on social renting pledge – as it happened

That’s all from me, Tom Ambrose, and indeed the UK politics live blog for today. Thanks for following along. Here is a summary of the day’s headlines: The government has set out its plans to spend an initial £10bn on a mix of subsidised housing in England, with a target of 60% being social renting. The funding, which comes from the 10-year Affordable Homes Programme, is in line with the Starmer government’s policy and sees Andy Burnham backtrack on his proposal to rip up housing plans and boost social home building. But a housing minister rejected suggestions that Burnham has failed to his keep promises on council housing, as the government unveiled a nearly £10bn plan to boost “genuinely affordable homes”.

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