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Sunak's decision to scale back housing targets could cost renters an extra £200 by 2030
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RISHI SUNAK’S decision to scale back housing targets could cost renters an extra £200 a year by 2030, Labour has claimed as it ramped up its pitch as “the party of home ownership.”

The party promised never to never treat tenants like second-class citizens, saying the Prime Minister’s approach to planning will lead to the lowest rate of housebuilding since WWII.

Last year, Mr Sunak caved in to pressure from Tory backbenchers to make the target of building 300,000 homes a year in England advisory rather than mandatory.

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