4 d. ago Housing secretary says work will start on three new towns before election

Steve Reed hails predecessor Angela Rayner as ‘true working-class hero’ and accuses Tories of blocking new homesSteve Reed, the new housing secretary, has said he is “appalled” at the slow pace of housebuilding as he used his conference speech to pledge that work would start on three new towns before the next election.The government wants to build at least 12 new towns and has identified three of the most promising locations at Tempsford, a village in Bedfordshire, Crews Hill on the outskirts of north London, and South Bank in a suburb of Leeds. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Government criticised for leaving villagers in dark over potential new town

It comes as the Housing Secretary is set to pledge that the construction of three new towns will begin before the next election.

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5 d. ago London village set to become massive new town before election

London village set to become massive new town before election  London Evening Standard

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5 d. ago Housing Secretary pledges to break ground on three new towns before election

The Government will ‘do whatever it takes to get Britain building’, Steve Reed is expected to tell Labour conference.

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5 d. ago These three new towns will begin construction before the next election

Housing Secretary Steve Reed will make the pledge at Labour’s party conference

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5 d. ago London village is set to become massive new town with 10,000 homes before election

Sir Keir Starmer has given Housing Secretary Steve Reed ‘marching orders’ to ‘get Britain building again’

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1 week ago Council refuse to grant permission for former bank in Wishaw to be converted into children’s soft play

The planning application from JFM ELectrical concerned a building in the town centre’s Stewarton Street, an area which is a mixture of commercial, ground floor units with a mixture of flats and additional commercial spaces on the upper floors.

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