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The minister said that, as well as setting higher targets for areas where house prices outstrip annual earnings, the framework will also hold council to account on house-building promises they make. If councils fail to meet their targets they could be stropped of the power to decide what is built within their boundaries, with inspectors handed control instead.
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Having announced £2 billion for new council homes in England in October, the Prime Minister will highlight the ‘perverse’ financial incentives that developers have to hoard land once it had been approved for development rather than actually build on it.
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