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Evening Standard
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Rachael Burford

Liz Truss will scrap housing targets to build family homes not tower blocks

Liz Truss outlined her plan to tackle London’s housing crisis

(Picture: PA Wire)

The Tory leadership candidates clashed over how to tackle London’s housing crisis during the final hustings for party members.

Liz Truss vowed to abolish top-down housing targets, that her supporters say have resulted in tower blocks “dominating” the capital’s skyline, and give local councils more power to build “family homes”.

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