Net Migration Means Britain Needs 382,000 Homes a Year, Says Think Tank

Published on January 31, 2024

The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), a conservative think tank, says 382,000 homes a year will need to be built, partly in order to keep up with the demographic bubble caused by a surge in net migration. Housing and immigration are both set to be key issues at the next general election, which is expected to take place later this year. In Nov. 2023 the same think tank said Britain had under-built by 1.34 million homes in the past decade. The latest projections by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) predict net migration will add 6.1 million people to Britain’s population by 2036. Responding to the ONS figures on X, formerly known as Twitter, the ex-home secretary, Suella Braverman, wrote: “I campaigned for Brexit to reduce migration. These numbers are too high, placing pressure on schools, the NHS & housing.”...

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