Government accused of having ‘rogue algorithm’ for deciding housing targets

MP says the Government’s housebuilding formula has too much emphasis on building in the countryside (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government has a “rogue algorithm” for determining housing targets, a Conservative former minister has said.

Damian Hinds told MPs that the number of houses expected to be built in his constituency of East Hampshire had “doubled” as a result of calculations that place “too much emphasis towards building in the countryside”.