Michael Gove has agreed he wants to see greater funding to build more social and affordable housing in order to meet the government’s 300,000 homes-a-year housing target.

Giving evidence to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities select committee, the housing secretary said the 300,000 homes-a-year manifesto pledge remained a government target, but that it was not clear whether it was achievable, given economic headwinds, without a big uptick in the delivery of social housing.

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