next month, thousands of students across the uk will be heading to university and for many, one of the biggest priorities is finding somewhere suitable to live. but a housing charity is warning of serious accommodation shortages, and as our education editor branwenjeffreys reports, the problem is expected to go from bad to worse as demand increases. manchester, one of the biggest university cities, attracting students from home and abroad creating huge demand for housing. they really haven t given us any information about it. so i ve been following one new student heading to uni. her mum graine has been trying to help aisling. over the summer, manchester uni s housing site has been down. how much does it mean to you, aisling, to have the kind of accommodation you want to start university? i mean, that s going to be like my home base. it s obviously really important. and i know there are often
cities are now these changes, which will affect more rural areas, but while most sci degree at westminster that new homes are needed it is still a politically divisive issue. if parliament approves the change, the government claims building could start a new housing developments within months. let s go live now to jonathan in westminster. what does this mean for the government s approach to the issue of housing? for government s approach to the issue of housint ? :, government s approach to the issue of housing? of housing? for the government s text, this is of housing? for the government s text, this is another of housing? for the government s text, this is another example - of housing? for the government s text, this is another example of l of housing? for the government s text, this is another example of it j text, this is another example of it backsliding on its commitments over the environment. as we heard, green campaigners in the report they are criticising ministers for wh
ministers argue it has held up home building that is badly needed. under pressure to meet promises made at the last election, the prime minister said scrapping the rules would mean a significant increase in housing supply. would mean a significant increase in housing supply- would mean a significant increase in housintsu-tl. ., ., ., . housing supply. today s announcement will unlock 100,000 housing supply. today s announcement will unlock 100,000 new housing supply. today s announcement will unlock 100,000 new homes - housing supply. today s announcement will unlock 100,000 new homes and i will unlock 100,000 new homes and communities where people want those homes to be built. that is fantastic for young first time buyers, also will provide an £18 billion boost to our economy and support tens of thousands ofjobs. but our economy and support tens of thousands ofjobs. thousands of “obs. but while ministers thousands of jobs. but while ministers promised - thousands of jobs. b
won t have an adverse effect on the environment but will allow homes to get built in those areas where these protections had been in place. step back from this particular issue and i think it s another example of the government trying to make moves build more homes that it knows are desperately needed and running into trouble at every turn, whether it is trying to enforce targets locally, which it had to go back on, relaxing the rules around building in cities, which some of its own mps didn t like, and now this. when it comes to housing, it seems, there are no easy answers. :, ~ housing, it seems, there are no easy answers. :, ~ , :, y housing, it seems, there are no easy answers. :, ~ , :, , : answers. thank you very much. jonathan blake, answers. thank you very much. jonathan blake, our answers. thank you very much. jonathan blake, our political. jonathan blake, our political correspondent. the inquest into the death of ten year old sara sharif has opened. she was found dead at