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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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Land & New Homes
We will overcome the NIMBYs new Housing Minister tells BBC
Matthew Pennycook. the Labour Government's new Housing Minister, says his party wants to build "large scale communities", as it drives towards its target of 1.5 million new homes.
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Latest property news
Estate agents ‘failing to give flat buyers basic material information’
Paula Higgins of the HomeOwners Alliance tells MPs potential buyers are often not told whether a flat is leasehold or freehold.
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Features
Labour’s housing policy revealed
Shadow Housing Minister, Emma Reynolds, sets out Labour housing policy.
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