martin that if he built the houses that he damn well committed to, you wouldn't have to worry about capping rents because there'd be more properties and the market would look after itself. >> now , russellit's about fairness, it's about affordability. he's also said he has no plans to do it imminently. but let's trace back to may when probed on this, sir keir starmer said that we have to stop landlords ripping people off and we can pass legislation if necessary. rachel reeves, before the election, then said i think that should be up to local areas to decide. well, london is areas to decide. well, london is a local area. if you add all of this together, you can see that the political will does seem to be there , but it's really cloth be there, but it's really cloth eared. >> i mean, it's really it's incompetent, frankly , of incompetent, frankly, of a government or a local authority to think that the long term answer to the problems within the private rental sector are to cap rents because it simply drives landlords away. now, if the government either this one or the previous one or the one before that had built enough homes, enough rental homes and so on, then there'd be enough to go ro