The Federation of Master Builders has called on the next government to create a dedicated secretary of state for housing to tackle the housing crisis.

To tackle the falling number of new homes being built and the failure to retrofit at scale the country’s existing 29 million homes, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has said that a new dedicated housing department with a secretary of state for housing is needed.

The FMB will launch its election manifesto, ‘Growth from the Ground Up’ in Parliament today.