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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Independent and Lauren MacDougall

Voices: ‘This country struggles to build anything’: Readers clash over Andy Burnham’s £10bn housing plan

Andy Burnham’s £10bn plan to build 70,000 new homes has been billed as the return of the council house – but plenty of Independent readers aren’t convinced it goes far enough.

The prime minister unveiled the funding this week, with 60 per cent earmarked for social rent – a climbdown from his earlier pledge that the whole pot would go on council housing.

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