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Secretary of state piles extra 35% housing target on cities

By 2020-12-18T07:00:00

Manchester

Details behind algorithm U-turn show pressure will be on largest English cities to develop more homes

The 20 largest cities in the UK have been asked to up their housing targets by 35% in the government’s much publicised U-turn on its formula to calculate housing need.

Under the details of the revised proposal, finally published yesterday afternoon, the housing ministry said it was completely abandoning the proposed revision of the “standard method” used to calculate housing need, which has been so controversial with Tory MPs.

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