Pledge set out in white paper to be unveiled this week is part of a ‘devolution by default’ approach by WhitehallMayors will be given sweeping powers to unblock planning delays for major building projects in England,...
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Read MoreHead of Barratt Redrow warns sector faces ‘national crisis’ due to skills shortage, ageing workforce and BrexitLabour’s plan to build 1.5m homes during this parliament is not achievable because of a severe...
Read MoreGovernment report outlines how it intends to build 1.5m homes by the end of the parliamentThe UK has a housing crisis. Ministers want to build 1.5m new homes by the end of the parliament, and the only way to do this, the...
Read MoreBinding targets will compel authorities to build 370,000 homes a year with government to say how many per areaEngland’s housing crisis cannot be solved without forcing councils to build more homes, the government has said,...
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Read MoreThinktank urges government to be ‘much more ambitious’ as actions so far are not enough to fulfil manifesto pledgeLabour will miss its manifesto target of building 1.5m homes in England before the end of this...
Read MoreA decade of planning policy has achieved nothing, leaving millions of people still dependent on cars, study showsA decade of planning rules designed to create housing connected to public transport routes has achieved nothing, a...
Read MoreExclusive: UK rebuild of Beijing embassy held up as Angela Rayner faces fraught decision on Royal Mint Court siteUK politics live – latest updatesChina is blocking requests to rebuild the British embassy in Beijing while...
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