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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Angela Rayner denies her housebuilding plan will undermine local democracy: ‘I don’t like failure’

Angela Rayner has denied that she is damaging local democracy after it was revealed she plans to force large developments on communities and bypass council planning committees.

The deputy prime minister was laying out how she plans to get 1.5 million homes built in the UK before the next election.

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