A Labour government would scrap rules forcing councils to pay massively inflated prices for land so new homes can be built, it is expected.
Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy is drawing up a radical shake-up of the way land is valued if local authorities want to use it for housing projects.
At the moment councils making compulsory purchase orders - which force landowners to sell - have to pay a "hope value", which is worked out based on future planning permission.
