Labour’s failures on immigration and housing are no longer separate problems. They are now two sides of the same crisis, intertwined and British families are paying the price.

Since Labour entered office, almost half of all new homes built in England have effectively been consumed by the extra housing demand created by net migration. Even if by some miracle Labour do hit their unachievable 1.5 million homes target, the reality for millions of people in this country will be unchanged. They will still face soaring rents, impossible deposits and the dream of home ownership drifting ever further away.

This is the inevitable consequence of a Government that has lost control of the country’s borders while failing to build enough homes to meet demand.

And British families can see the effects in their own communities. Young couples are stuck renting for years longer than they expected. Parents worry their children will never own a home. Waiting lists grow longer while house prices and rents continue to rise.

It does not take a mathematician to tell you that you cannot solve the housing crisis without controlling immigration. But Labour has chosen not to recognise that. As is so often the case they have their heads in the sand about the knock on impacts the immigration crisis is having in this country.

The Conservatives are setting out a different path. We need firm control over immigration and that is what we will deliver with our BORDERS plan; rapid removals for illegal entrants, an end to endless legal appeals by leaving the ECHR and a total ban on asylum claims for all new entrants. And we will ban foreign nationals from claiming benefits in this country using the money to help fund the abolition of Stamp Duty on primary residences to get the market moving again and free up homes for families so that people can put down roots.

Housing and immigration are not separate debate. If demand four housing keeps rising at an unsustainable pace, no number of announcements, targets or new towns will fix the problem.

Fundamentally this is about fairness. Fairness for the young family saving every month for a deposit, for the millions of working people who simply want the security of a home of their own.

Labour’s approach is making that harder with every passing month. They have failed to control the borders, failed to build enough homes and failed to level with the public about the consequences of their decisions.