{"id":166181,"date":"2026-09-30T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=166181"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:23:34","slug":"pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/","title":{"rendered":"PM confirms council housebuilding and UK construction support"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andy Burnham\u2019s first speech at a Labour Party Conference yesterday covered many topics of interest for the construction industry<\/h2>\n

Prime minister Andy Burnham made a long and heartfelt speech at the Labour Conference yesterday and made several promises relating to council housebuilding and UK construction industry support.<\/p>\n

While these promises talk a big game, most of them have so far had little evidence to back them up. Nevertheless, those in the industry will be interested in what he had to say, below.<\/p>\n

Re-committing to council housebuilding<\/h3>\n

One of the first things Burnham discussed was a reaffirmation of \u201cthe biggest council housebuilding programme since the post-war era, led by Angela Rayner.\u201d He said councils can expect support by unlocking unused public land to create space to build and make housing more affordable.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, of newly built council houses, Burnham said \u201cwe will reform Right-to-Buy\u201d by \u201cremoving it from the new homes we build so they are there for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Councils can also expect new powers regarding empty homes<\/a>: \u201cWe will give councils the power to take control of them (empty homes) and bring them back into the public housing stock.\u201d<\/p>\n

Higher standards of privately rented homes are also on the table, with the PM saying: \u201cLandlords who rent out the worst quality homes will be given warnings to improve them. If they refuse, we will make it much easier for councils to acquire those homes and we will legislate if necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leasehold reforms<\/a> also briefly held the spotlight, with a \u201cBill before Christmas\u201d set to ensure that \u201cthe days of you (leaseholders) being squeezed for every penny are coming to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burnham also mentioned a shift in philosophy that he is pledging his government to make, saying that they are committed to \u201cnot seeing housing only as a market with winners and losers, but as an essential everyone needs for a good life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Infrastructure and procurement were also mentioned<\/h3>\n

The PM announced plans to launch Great British Grid, a branch of Great British Energy dedicated to securing and creating better electrical grid connections after hearing the woes of businesses unable to connect: \u201cYou would not believe how many businesses complain to me they can\u2019t get going because they can\u2019t get connected to the grid. It pushes costs up. It drags growth down. And it holds Britain back.\u201d<\/p>\n

To address this, Burnham said that Great British Grid will: \u201cincrease competition, drive down costs and speed up connections so businesses can expand and grow more quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burnham then announced that secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, Angela Eagle MP, will present a new version of the Water Bill to parliament. Burnham said: \u201cThe centrepiece of that Bill will be this \u2013 the repeal of Margaret Thatcher\u2019s ideological ban on public ownership of water companies.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cIt will strengthen public control. Mayors will have new powers to hold water companies to account, with tougher consequences for those which repeatedly fail.\u201d<\/p>\n

If passed, this will affect how water projects are funded, and will be something contractors will have to consider.<\/p>\n

Stephen Teagle, chief executive of partnerships and regeneration at Vistry Group, said: \u201cWe welcome the commitment by the Prime Minister to progress with the biggest expansion of council housing since 1945 and we stand ready to assist in the delivery of that. Vistry has a long and established track record of working with local authorities of all political colours across England to deliver new homes of all tenures, provide skills and training opportunities for local people, and create new high-quality transformational places with new shops, public spaces, and a range of amenities for new and existing residents alike. Not only has this enabled councils to deliver new homes across a variety of tenures through joint ventures, it has also enabled them to invest the subsequent development uplift into service delivery and improvement. This is a model which Vistry is proud to have developed and refined, and is one which is ideally placed to assist local authorities in delivering new council homes across a range of affordable tenures and investing in our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the prime minister\u2019s full speech here.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prime minister Andy Burnham spoke at the Labour Party Conference yesterday and made several promises of construction industry support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":166187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[673,276,572,579,570],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-166181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-planning-construction-news","8":"tag-energy","9":"tag-government","10":"tag-housebuilding","11":"tag-infrastructure","12":"tag-social-housing"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPM confirms council housebuilding and UK construction support<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prime minister Andy Burnham spoke at the Labour Party Conference yesterday and made several promises related to council housebuilding\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM confirms council housebuilding and UK construction support\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prime minister Andy Burnham spoke at the Labour Party Conference yesterday and made several promises of construction industry support\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-30T11:00:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-30T11:23:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iStock-1224074953-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1363\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matt Brundrett\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matt Brundrett\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/594ba5cf5982e9dea55db60cc67201c3\"},\"headline\":\"PM confirms council housebuilding and UK construction support\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-30T11:00:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-30T11:23:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/\"},\"wordCount\":702,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iStock-1224074953-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Energy Sector\",\"Government Policy\",\"Housebuilding\",\"Infrastructure\",\"Social Housing\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Planning & Construction News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2026\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/\",\"name\":\"PM confirms council housebuilding and UK construction support\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iStock-1224074953-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-30T11:00:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-30T11:23:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"Prime minister Andy Burnham spoke at the Labour Party Conference yesterday and made several promises related to council housebuilding\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iStock-1224074953-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iStock-1224074953-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1363,\"caption\":\"Image: iStock | \u00a9 Jonathan Weese\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PM confirms council housebuilding and UK construction support\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"description\":\"The Latest Planning, Building & Construction News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"alternateName\":\"PBC Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/594ba5cf5982e9dea55db60cc67201c3\",\"name\":\"Matt Brundrett\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988ad917057a66900e50efa03ae6e49ec25b0b95febda9277235cc945c2ff8ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988ad917057a66900e50efa03ae6e49ec25b0b95febda9277235cc945c2ff8ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Matt Brundrett\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/mattbrundrett\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PM confirms council housebuilding and UK construction support","description":"Prime minister Andy Burnham spoke at the Labour Party Conference yesterday and made several promises related to council housebuilding","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"PM confirms council housebuilding and UK construction support","og_description":"Prime minister Andy Burnham spoke at the Labour Party Conference yesterday and made several promises of construction industry support","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/","og_site_name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","article_published_time":"2026-09-30T11:00:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-30T11:23:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1363,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iStock-1224074953-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Matt Brundrett","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@PBC_Today","twitter_site":"@PBC_Today","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/"},"author":{"name":"Matt Brundrett","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/594ba5cf5982e9dea55db60cc67201c3"},"headline":"PM confirms council housebuilding and UK construction support","datePublished":"2026-09-30T11:00:56+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-30T11:23:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/"},"wordCount":702,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iStock-1224074953-scaled.jpg","keywords":["Energy Sector","Government Policy","Housebuilding","Infrastructure","Social Housing"],"articleSection":["Planning & Construction News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2026","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/","name":"PM confirms council housebuilding and UK construction support","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iStock-1224074953-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-30T11:00:56+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-30T11:23:34+00:00","description":"Prime minister Andy Burnham spoke at the Labour Party Conference yesterday and made several promises related to council housebuilding","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iStock-1224074953-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iStock-1224074953-scaled.jpg","width":2048,"height":1363,"caption":"Image: iStock | \u00a9 Jonathan Weese"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/pm-confirms-council-housebuilding-and-uk-construction-support\/166181\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PM confirms council housebuilding and UK construction support"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","description":"The Latest Planning, Building & Construction News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","alternateName":"PBC Today","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Planning, Building & Construction Today"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/594ba5cf5982e9dea55db60cc67201c3","name":"Matt Brundrett","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988ad917057a66900e50efa03ae6e49ec25b0b95febda9277235cc945c2ff8ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988ad917057a66900e50efa03ae6e49ec25b0b95febda9277235cc945c2ff8ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Matt Brundrett"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/mattbrundrett\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-07 13:36:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166181"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166189,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166181\/revisions\/166189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166181"},{"taxonomy":"stakeholder_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stakeholder_rel_tag?post=166181"},{"taxonomy":"contributor_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor_rel_tag?post=166181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}