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Jenrick says ministers ‘lack political will’ to tackle housing crisis

By and Daniel Gayne2022-05-17T06:00:00

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Former secretary of state warns 300,000-homes-a-year manifesto commitment will not be met

Boris Johnson’s former housing secretary has expressed concerns that the government’s manifesto commitment to build 300,000 homes a year will be missed “by some distance”.

Robert Jenrick warned of an “emerging political consensus” that planning policy was too difficult an issue to tackle following last week’s publication of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill.

“It’s not clear to me that the government’s policy is to increase the supply of homes,” he said.

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