Sir Keir Starmer’s administration has made faster economic growth, and the tax revenues that would flow from it, a key plank of its strategy.
has said the government will make the “tough” and “hard choices” to fix the UK’s economy and "get Britain building".
She set out the government’s plans to review greenbelt boundaries to prioritise brownfield and so-called grey belt land to meet housebuilding targets, which she said would include affordable housing and housing for social rent.Coined by the Labour party, the term 'grey belt land' refers to 'poor quality' green belt land.
Reeves responded: "We can't build overnight, but that's why we have set out today the initial steps that we are going to take to unlock private sector investments to build those homes."
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