Shadow Housing Secretary blasts Labour’s plan to ‘bulldoze through rural areas’

Labour’s ambitious target to build 1.5 million new homes in five years has come under fierce criticism from Shadow Housing Secretary Kevin Hollinrake, who warns that the plans will devastate rural communities and green belt land.

The housing target, announced by Starmer as one of his six key “milestones”, has sparked concerns about the disproportionate impact on countryside areas.