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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Millie Cooke

Reeves offers £2bn affordable housing boost ahead of sweeping cuts to public services

Thousands of new homes in England will be built as part of the biggest boost in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation, the government has said.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves vowed the £2 billion in grant funding to deliver up to 18,000 new homes in England will go some way to “fixing the housing crisis”.

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