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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