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Lola Christina Alao

What is the 'grey belt' and what are Labour's housing plans for it?

Angela Rayner has announced an overhaul of England's planning rules to help deliver Labour's promise of 1.5 million new homes by 2029.

The deputy prime minister and housing secretary said local housing targets, scrapped by the Conservatives in December, would once again become mandatory.

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