Government’s housebuilding algorithm abandoned after backlash

By Jessica Newman2020-12-16T13:33:00

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has abandoned a controversial housing algorithm that would have seen a disproportionate rise in housebuilding in the south east while reducing construction of new housing in northern England.

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