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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Caitlin Doherty

Government pledges another £350 million for affordable homes

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has announced extra funding for the Government’s affordable homes programme (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

Ministers have pledged another £350 million to help build affordable and social rent homes, as Angela Rayner has said that the Government “can’t afford not to” hit their 1.5 million housebuilding target.

Officials have said that up to 2,800 extra homes will be built with an extra £300 million for the affordable homes programme committed on Wednesday, half of which will be social rent.

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