A Labour Government would work with regional mayors to identify sites for thousands of quality, affordable houses, according to Labour’s Deputy Leader Angela Rayner.
Ms Rayner, who is also Shadow Housing Secretary, said Labour would establish an expert independent taskforce to help choose the best sites for the next generation of New Towns and a list of projects would be announced within 12 months of the new Government coming to power.
'There are lots of sites around here where Tracy will say, 'Look we would really like to develop them.’ I want to unlock that potential.’” Ms Rayner said she didn’t want to see applications becoming stuck in the planning system for years adding: “We've got to streamline that and make it quicker, especially around brownfield sites for example; they really do need that development.” She said the lack of a safe, secure home affected every aspect of a person’s life.
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