Labour's Housing Targets Falter Amid Anti-Business Measures and Planning Reforms

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Labour's Housing Targets Falter Amid Anti-Business Measures and Planning Reforms
Labour Party,Housing Targets,Planning Reforms

Labour's ambitious housing goals are faltering due to anti-business policies and resistance to planning reforms. Empowering small and medium-sized housebuilders could be a solution.

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Labour's first five months in power have been marked by anti-business measures and economic challenges. The party's housing targets are already looking unachievable, with experts pointing out the government's failure to meet even the modest 1.6 million homes goal set by the Conservatives. Labour's planning reforms face significant resistance, with vested interests from local councillors to major housebuilders opposing changes to the system.

However, empowering and incentivizing small and medium-sized housebuilders could be a way to overcome these obstacles

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