Boris Johnson will set out ideas to boost home ownership - including allowing benefits to cover mortgage payments - but Labour says it make the housing crisis worse.
There is also disquiet among Conservatives over the government's decision to raise National Insurance, while the cost of living is soaring and the public finances have been battered by the expense of dealing with Covid.
"And, while it's not going to be quick or easy, you can be confident that things will get better, that we will emerge from this a strong country with a healthy economy," the prime minister told the audience at Blackpool and The Fylde College. The prime minister also said universal credit recipients would get to choose whether to spend their benefits on rent or put them towards a mortgage.
Labour's shadow levelling up secretary Lisa Nandy questioned whether people on benefits could afford mortgage deposits, saying: "This speech was yet more evidence that the prime minister and his tired government are out of ideas. The government has not revealed who will be able to take advantage of the scheme, how much it will cost and whether it will be capped
The policy depends on negotiations with housing associations, which will not necessarily want to take part.
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