Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
The Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region has called on this, or any future government, to provide £200 million funding to clean up brownfield sites and make them ready for development.
In planning terms, any land that has been previously developed is classed as brownfield. In the Liverpool City Region, much of this land is derelict and formerly industrial so must be cleaned up before it can be redeveloped. In total, 700 brownfield sites have been identified across the six local authorities of the Liverpool City Region. The updated register identifies 1,813 acres of brownfield sites which could provide space for more than 42,000 homes, if remediated.
Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram discussed the issue as the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority prepares to consider a new Housing Statement, which sets out its vision for housing across the city region. The Housing Statement sets out a vision for housing that: supports ambitions for an inclusive economy as set out in the emerging Local Industrial Strategy; addresses fuel poverty; improves the long-term sustainability of all communities in the LCR; delivers public service transformation and meets the housing needs of the city region’s most vulnerable residents; supports the city region’s ambitions to become a world leader in modern construction methods; and prevents homelessness wherever possible.
Rotheram said: “Everybody should have the right to a safe and comfortable place to call home, but a national housing crisis means this is out of reach for too many people in our city region. We desperately need to build more homes and this new housing statement sets out a clear plan of action. A key focus is on speeding up the delivery of new houses, through a brownfield first approach to preserve our green spaces as best we can.
“Across the region we’ve identified enough Brownfield land to build 42,000 homes but, to get these much-needed houses built, we need to get the sites ready to build. This is expensive because of our industrial legacy and that’s why I’m calling on the government to provide the £200m we need to make them housebuilding ready – so we can get on with the job.”
Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
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