Dan Peters 04 December 2024

Rayner: Housing targets are mandatory

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Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has insisted that councils must meet the Government's housing targets after local authorities branded them impossible to achieve.

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has admitted that the Government's flagship commitment to 1.5m net additional homes in England over the next five years was an ‘incredibly stretching target' but Rayner is adamant the targets are ‘mandatory'.

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Skills Pipelines: What local government needs to know

Councils and mayors are to be handed a central role in developing skills pipelines for local industries, as the Government unveils what it calls a ‘fundamental change’ to the education system aimed at tackling youth unemployment. Here's what council leaders and officers need to know.
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