>Somehow I suspect not, as our politicians fall over themselves to deprive us all of the real facts about the damage that has been done to the economy. They seem reluctant or perhaps unable to tell us about the pain we are all about to suffer as we begin to address the massive level of…

Despite the recent brave words from the beleaguered timber frame industry the beginning of the end may well now be in sight as the Government sets out its plans to deliver "More for Less" and the housing industry returns to putting the customer first and building what the market wants.

Is it a coincidence that the Goverment has decided to leak the news on Social Housing, on a day when media coverage is dominated by the looming cuts in defence?

After months of speculation Mr Brown has visited the Queen and asked for Parliament to be dissolved and the General Election will now take place on the 6th May 2010.

Never before have had I found myself so profoundly worried for the long term future of the UK economy. Britain is in serious economic trouble. Not only have we just had the longest and deepest recession on record, but our recovery is one of the weakest in the developed world.

Having returned from back to back political conferences in Brighton and Manchester I find myself very worried at the lack of ideas as to how we are going to create wealth and make our country "Great "again, and determined to find a way forward.

The Government could wipe out the country's soaring unemployment problem if it adopts bold measures to stimulate house building.

With just two days of the "General Deception" campaign left to run I for one am clear that none of our political parties have done enough to deserve a mandate to govern for the next five years.