All housing target articles
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A tale of two mergers: What do the completion of Barratt-Redrow and the collapse of Bellway-Crest Nicholson mean for Labour’s housebuilding plans?
Is the ground-breaking merger likely to help or hinder the government’s chances of hitting its sky-high 1.5 million housebuilding target?
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Lib Dems keep 380,000-home housing target after rebellion
Conference backs argument by young Lib Dems that proposal by leadership to drop target lacked ambition
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MPs warn Gove’s planning reforms could make housebuilding targets ‘impossible’ to hit
A cross-party committee of MPs has been reviewing plans to make planning targets advisory not mandatory
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Bargate Homes MD joins parliamentary housing group
Mark White set to give MPs insight into what is happening on the ground
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MP says housing targets should specify affordable numbers
Public Accounts Committee chair speaks out in wake of controversy over watering down of central targets
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Warning of ‘complete collapse’ in local plan-making after Gove reform announcement
Developer groups fear the government has “given up” on housing delivery despite asserted support for 300,000-home target
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Government to fall 32,000 affordable homes short of target
MPs call for action after forecast shows large shortfall in Affordable Homes Programme numbers
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Gove to water down local housing targets following backbench pressure
DLUHC announces changes to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill which would give councils more flexibility to depart from housing delivery numbers following pressure from MPs.
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Villiers claims Gove is listening in talks over planning compromise
Rebel MP says government ’listening’ to her calls to scrap housing target as Labour accuses PM of being ’weak’
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Gove pulls key planning reform vote as rebellion grows
Vote on Levelling Up Bill axed as Tory gets 46 supporters for rebel amendment to scrap housing targets
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Gove: Housing supply should shift to urban and brownfield sites
The housing secretary tells MPs councils that have built over their assessed need won’t need to build more
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Tory infighting as Villiers tables bid to scrap housing targets
Co-author of 2019 Conservative manifesto brands attempt to cut target “selfish and wicked”
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New housing minister vows to reduce planning delays
Lucy Frazer promises to simplify planning system in first speech as housing minister
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Gove wants more funding for social housing
Housing secretary tells MPs he wants more affordable homes and accepts that requires investment