Town halls are to be given a £1,000 cash bonus for each extra house they build above minimum levels in a bid to speed up affordable developments, Yvette Cooper disclosed yesterday.
The financial incentives are part of a drive to reach Gordon Brown’s ambitious target of building 3 million new homes by 2020, already facing opposition among environmental campaigners.
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The financial incentives are part of a drive to reach Gordon Brown’s ambitious target of building 3 million new homes by 2020, already facing opposition among environmental campaigners.
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