Angela Rayner: a secretary of state on a mission – but is the industry convinced?

By Dave Rogers2024-12-16T09:00:00

In a hurry to get on with things, Labour’s minister in charge of housing, communities and local government looks like she might dodge the fallout from the Budget that is blunting industry optimism

Given one of your party’s slogans in the run up to this summer’s general election was ‘to get Britain building again’, it’s just as well you have a politician who is taking a high-profile involvement in the built environment right now.

The list of schemes Angela Rayner, Labour’s secretary of state for housing, communities and local government for the past six months, has got involved in is eclectic.

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