The government has declined to confirm it is committed to its manifesto promise to build 300,000 homes a year, despite claiming that it wants to deliver a significant growth boost to the economy.

Officials at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) declined to say whether the administration under new prime minister Liz Truss is still bound to the policy to build 300,000 homes per year by the middle of this decade, which was made in former PM Boris Johnson’s 2019 election-winning manifesto.

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