Budget 2024 latest: Angela Rayner ‘handed £1bn budget boost for housing revolution’

Housing secretary Angela Rayner plans to double the number of council homes with nearly £1billion in funding, aiming to kickstart a council housing revolution and construct tens of thousands of additional homes to meet the government’s goal of 1.5 million new homes in the next five years. Rayner also intends to address the Right to Buy scheme by cracking down on allowing council house residents to purchase their homes below market value, with the full support of the prime minister and chancellor. The government is committed to boosting home construction and ensuring that Britain continues to build under Rayner’s leadership.

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