UK’s new government to re-establish housebuilding targets amid planning shake-up
08 July 2024
The UK’s new government is to re-establish annual targets for the number of new homes built in the country, as it also pledged to overhaul planning rules.
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves (Image: Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing St)
The news comes after the Labour party won a landslide to oust Rishi Sunak’s Conservative-led administration last week.
Newly installed Chancellor Rachel Reeves used her first speech in the role to tell business leaders that she was “willing…