Cuts Watch #93: 10,000 housing jobs

25 Jun 2010, by Nicola Smith in Cuts Watch

In response to a question from John Healey, a written answer from Grant Shapps has revealed that every £1m the government spends on house building is estimated to support 11 jobs for one year. Local Government Chronicle reports that given the scale of the cuts in housing budgets being proposed, this means over 10,000 jobs will be lost.