00:00We've taken a pragmatic view as a government that we need to get delivery going.
00:05We need this social and affordable homes programme funding out of the door.
00:09So there is a role for housing associations, other providers to deliver homes.
00:13They'll do so over the coming years.
00:14But we're making very clear to reflect the Prime Minister's priority on council house building
00:19that more of the funding from the programme will now flow to councils,
00:23including three councils who get long-term certainty over their funding as strategic partners through the announcement this morning.
00:30These plans, how are they materially different to what Starmer's government had planned?
00:35Well, as I said, we are making sure that through the programme we're not only giving councils long-term certainty
00:42over funding
00:42through strategic partnership status, but more of the funding of the programme as a whole will flow to councils.
00:48So we're holding back £16 billion worth of funding outside London.
00:52We're going to use that funding to prioritise social rented homes, but in particular council homes.
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