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Home Truths Episode 2: In violent agreement
Jenny Daly, chief executive of Taylor Wimpey, appears in today’s episode of Building Talk’s latest series which is focused on the housing crisis and is co-hosted by Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill.
Daly started her career as a planner, before joining Harrow Estates, a subsidiary of Redrow, where she had a number of roles before becoming managing director. She joined Taylor Wimpey in 2014 as UK director of planning, then land director, progressing to group operations director and finally chief executive in April 2022, taking over from Pete Redfern.
In this interview, Daly talks about the impact of the economic cycle on private sector housebuilders’ build-out rates of new homes.
The conversation ranges from the impact of housing shortages on community tensions in her native Northern Ireland to the urgent need to improve construction skills and her desire to see a top-down, long-term vision and strategy for the planning system from the next government.
Episodes of Home Truths will be available every Tuesday.
Introduced and edited by Chloe McCulloch, editorial director for Building and Housing Today. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.
Home Truths is a Building Talks series is produced for Building and Housing Today. 




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Home Truths Episode 1: The Swiss Army knife
Peter Freeman, chair of Homes England, is the guest in today’s first episode of Building Talk’s latest series which is focused on the housing crisis and is co-hosted by Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill.
Freeman, who has been in post over two years having been recently reappointed until 2025, is widely known in the industry as co-founder of Argent and instrumental in the redevelopment of Kings Cross. He is also chair of the Cambridge Delivery Group, announced by government in the spring budget to drive growth and provide more housing for Cambridge.
In this wide-ranging interview, the podcast’s co-hosts wanted to find out how big a contribution Homes England makes towards increasing the supply of new homes. In Freeman’s own words “despite the name, we don’t build any homes”, so what are the limits to the agency’s impact and influence and how does Freeman believe it could do more in the future?
Episodes of Home Truths will be available every Tuesday.
Introduced and edited by Chloe McCulloch, editorial director for Building and Housing Today. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.
Home Truths is a Building Talks series is produced for Building and Housing Today. 




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Home Truths is the Building Talks podcast series taking a deep dive into the housing crisis. Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill talk to high profile guests about the need for a radical rethink of housebuilding in this pivotal election year.

Welcome to a special bonus episode of the Building Talks podcast.

As you may know, Building Magazine is 180 years old this year - having launched as “The Builder” back in 1843. 

In this special one-off episode, we celebrate by going back to the not-too-distant past with four previous editors of Building Magazine. From the tail-end of Thatcherism, through the Blair years, and right up to Brexit - they were covering the major the stories affecting the construction industry. 

We gathered Peter Bill, Adrian Barrick, Denise Chevin and Sarah Richardson in the studio to talk about their personal memories, the big projects, the larger-than- life characters, and the sagas that hit the front pages of Building magazine during their eras.

To get in touch with the show go to: Twitter: @BuildingNews, Email: newsdesk@building.co.uk. For more news and analysis go to www.building.co.uk.

Hosted by Building’s editor Chloe McCulloch. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.

Our guest in episode 4 of Building Talks… Creating Communities is Anna Mansfield, a director at the research-based urban design consultancy Publica.

Anna initially thought she wanted to be a fashion designer, but found her way into architecture, and from there into urban design and thinking about the city at a much larger scale. 

Like many people now working in a sector that has community, engagement and place at its heart, Anna observes how much the urban design discussion has moved on over recent years.

A key change that has occurred is the emphasis that is now put on celebrating and reinforcing the existing sense of place in every location where the built environment has an impact.

To get in touch with the show go to: Twitter: @BuildingNews, Email: newsdesk@building.co.uk. For more news and analysis go to www.building.co.uk.

Hosted by Building’s Ben Flatman with Chloe McCulloch, Building’s editorial director. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.

Our guest in episode 3 of Building Talks… Creating Communities is David Rudlin, urban design director at BDP.

David is one of the UK’s leading urban designers and planning experts. He began his career as a town planner and is a big supporter of the idea of the planner as someone who helps provide a clear strategic direction, and sets high standards for placemaking.

The belief that British cities have much to learn from looking at successful international case studies has also been an important part of David’s approach, and one of the ideas that led him to spend several years working for Urbed, an innovative urban design and research company.

To get in touch with the show go to: Twitter: @BuildingNews, Email: newsdesk@building.co.uk. For more news and analysis go to www.building.co.uk.

Hosted by Building’s Ben Flatman with Chloe McCulloch, Building’s editorial director. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.