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Chancellor to announce nearly £2bn for housing on brownfield sites

By 2021-10-25T09:09:00

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Critics say trailed spending review pledge is not enough

The government is set to announce £1.8bn in funding to turn brownfield sites in England into housing in Wednesday’s spending review.

The Treasury said 160,000 “greener” homes could be built on the land, which it said was collectively the size of 2,000 football pitches.

The homes have been billed as part of the government’s agenda to reach net zero emissions by 2050

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