housebuilding targets
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Industry supportive of Reeves’ ‘clear statement of intent’
Real estate industry professionals react to the new chancellor’s speech
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Private housebuilding set to halve, warns former Treasury economist
Private sector starts will fall from 144,000 last year to 70,400, the lowest level since 2008
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Lib Dems vote to keep ‘vacuous’ housebuilding goal
Party promises 380,000 homes a year, after losing a conference vote
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Housing approvals fall to lowest level since GFC
Just 75,000 homes were approved in the latest quarter, down 11% on the previous year
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Cabinet election fears over fall in new homes
Tory planning reforms could reduce the number of homes built in England from 233,000 to 156,000 a year.
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Local authorities cut housebuilding plans after Gove’s u-turn
100,000 homes could be lost over five years after decision to scrap mandatory targets