the times reports that the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has promised to allow more houses to be built on green belt land. we'll have more on this when we speak to him at 7.30 this morning. as we've been hearing two people have tested positive for bird flu in england. the i reports that contact tracing is taking place but risk to human health is still low. 2.5 million people too sick to work, that's the metro's headline. the paper says a record rise has been blamed on mental health, home working and long covid. home working and long covid. and one of the most watched stories on the bbc news website this morning shows a rare platypus being re—introduced into the wild in sydney. it's the first time in 50 years the park will have a platypus population. it's so cute! they are really cute. it's so cute! they are really cute. i liked that alliteration, platypus population. very good!
rather than on a car park because technically the car park counted as green belt land. he says this is all about providing more land supply, more buildings, that will increase the supply of homes and bring down the supply of homes and bring down the prices, conservatives have been saying labour is flip—flopping, that there have been mr starmer and others had previously been opposed to some of the things but what sir keir starmer is trying to do a thing is exploit some difficulties for the conservative party. some of the party want more house—building but others are found in local areas many people don't want houses in their own areas and it is unpopular so he sees an opportunity to exploit, he wants to say this is part of a policy to unleash notjust house—building but later dynamism in the economy, so more building of not just houses but other things he will say, like wind farms and factories and the like. say, like wind farms and factories and the like-—