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Plan to build 1.5 mln homes 'stretching but achievable'

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Plan to build 1.5 mln homes 'stretching but achievable'

Plan to build 1.5 mln homes 'stretching but achievable'

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has called the government’s plan to build 1.5 million homes in England before the end of Parliament “stretching but achievable'', and vowed to use ''full ministerial intervention powers'' to meet the deadline.

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