labour housing policy
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Regulation & Law
Andy Burnham sets out his vision for housing
Housing reform has progressed in recent years, but not by enough, according to Andy Burnham.
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Regulation & Law
What ‘Prime Minister’ Andy Burnham could mean for housing
Manchester’s Mayor is the favourite to replace Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister – and is calling for lower rents.
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Housing Market
House prices set to fall under government plans, minister admits
Matthew Pennycook told MPs that by setting a target of 1.5 million new homes the government will be responsible for hitting property prices.
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Land & New Homes
Government’s 1.5 million homes plan in chaos as MPs demand answers
The Government's flagship pledge to build 1.5 million homes is in serious trouble, with a damning parliamentary report published warning that continued delays "risk jeopardising the Ministry's headline policy objective."
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Land & New Homes
Shock data reveals housebuilding has hit ten-year low
Despite the Government’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes, house building numbers have fallen since they came to power.
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Housing Market
Angela Rayner threatened to quit over ‘impossible’ 1.5m homes pledge
Despite the Government’s claims to the contrary, Rayner believed at one point that Labour’s housebuilding target was never going to be achieved.
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Land & New Homes
House building sinks to lowest level for eight years, says ONS
ONS figures show Labour has a very big mountain to climb if wants to build 1.5 million homes by 2029, given the slump in housebuilding this year.
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Latest property news
Labour declares war on councils who won’t push housebuilding
Housing minister Matthew Pennycook says the Government will take over if councils refuse to update Local Plans.
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Housing Market
Labour pushes housing target up to nearly two million
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner told MPs the Government aimed to build 370,000 homes each year through reform of the planning system and mandatory local targets.
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Latest property news
Site for Labour’s first New Town revealed by think-tank
UK Day One says Kempstown between Cambridge and Oxford is most likely and only viable place to build a fully-fledged New Town in the country.
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