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The Guardian - UK
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Angela Rayner

Labour’s radical housing plan will be smart, tailored and strategic

Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner during a visit to a housing development in South Ribble, Lancashire.
Sir Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner visit a housing development in South Ribble, Lancashire. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

We knew our country was in the grip of a housing emergency before we took office. But it’s even more grim than we imagined. Not just a high-tax, low-growth economy and crumbling public services. But, lurking under each stone we lift, a frankly scandalous legacy.

Prisons running out of spaces and a broken housing market, causing untold economic and social hardship that has left few communities untouched.

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