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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Patrick

Watch live: Labour outlines housing shakeup as 1.5m new homes to be built in next five years

Watch live as Labour outlines its shake-up of planning rules that it says will see councils given mandatory targets to deliver a total of 370,000 homes a year in England.

The Government has said it is “absolutely willing” to step in and take over plans from local authorities that refuse to comply with new housebuilding targets.

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