In this episode of Morningstar DBRS’ “European Securitisation Insights” podcast, host Mudasar Chaudhry, who leads our European Structured Finance Research team, is joined by Adriana Alvarado, Senior Vice President, Sector Lead of Global Sovereign Ratings and Ketan Thaker, Managing Director of European RMBS & Covered Bond Ratings to discuss the impact of the new Labour government on the UK’s housing market. The episode explored the shift to the newly elected Labour Party-led government after 14 years of Conservative Party-led rule, the election result’s impact on the UK economy, and the key takeaways from this change. As always, house prices and housing availability are important to UK voters. The panel discussed the views presented in the pre-election Labour Party manifesto, particularly those around housing plans for the next parliament. Past governments have repeatedly failed to meet housebuilding targets, and the speakers examined whether the problem lies in the number of houses built or other factors at play. The panel also delved into our credit view on how the new government’s proposed policies could affect the performance of UK residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) transactions.