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Chris Blackhurst

Voices: Angela Rayner must learn lessons from housebuilders if she wants to succeed

Chancellor Rachel Reeves and deputy prime minister Angela Rayner with Rob Perrins, new chair of Berkeley Group, during their visit to the Oval Village project in London - (Getty)

In my corner of southwest London, it is impossible to avoid Berkeley Homes. Their boards are everywhere, popping up with new developments of apartments and houses.

For the SW postcodes, read right across London, Birmingham and the South East. Berkeley has got them cornered, and, as today’s company figures show, it is powering ahead, leading an industry that has been struggling with red tape, rising costs, a shortage of suitable sites and an uncertain market.

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