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Will Durrant

Labour’s 1.5 million new homes pledge ‘in tatters’, says Tory shadow minister

Conservative shadow housing minister Paul Holmes claimed Labour’s pledge to build 1.5 million homes by the end of the Parliament lies ‘in tatters’ (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Wire)

Labour’s manifesto pledge to build 1.5 million new homes during this Parliament “lies in tatters”, Conservative shadow housing minister Paul Holmes has said.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner restated her Government’s target at the House of Commons despatch box on Monday, after her housing minister Matthew Pennycook warned its delivery “is going to be more difficult” than their party had expected while in opposition.

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