Government ‘lacks clear plan’ for delivering 300,000 homes a year, say MPs

By Jim Dunton2019-06-27T10:30:00

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Public Accounts Committee also raises worries about quality of new build homes

Influential watchdog MPs have warned that inherent problems with the nation’s planning system risk jeopardising the government’s plans to ramp up housebuilding to the 300,000-homes-a-year level.

A new report from members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) also said the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) lack of a detailed implementation plan for raising new home delivery from the current level is a serious obstacle as well.

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