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As I Please: Britain’s Housing Emergency

Millions in Britain are in desperate need of decent affordable homes. A Labour government must deliver more than just planning reform.

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Knocking on the door of Number 10 even as the new regime moves in is a crisis requiring the prime minister’s most urgent attention: Britain’s housing emergency. Before the election, Keir Starmer’s deputy, Angela Rayner, promised action in the ‘first days and weeks in office’. Housing didn’t make it into Starmer’s pre-election ‘first steps’ promises […]

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