New housing plans revealed by Labour Chancellor set to boost the East

Rachel, who is the UK's first ever female chancellor said Labour will:

• Restore mandatory housebuilding targets

• Build 1.5m homes by the end of this parliament - including affordable and council homes

• End the onshore wind farm ban

• Create a new task force to accelerate stalled housing sites

• Support local authorities with 300 additional planning officers across the country

• Review planning applications previously turned down that could help the economy

• Prioritise brownfield and greybelt land for development to meet housing targets when needed

• Reform the planning system

• Set out new policy intentions for critical infrastructure in the coming months

Under Labour, business owners in Norfolk and Suffolk are likely to:

• see support to the region's manufacturing and industrial heritage

• see a re-boot of housebuilding

• never pay corporation tax above 25% for the entire parliament

• get access to a new business rates system 

• see 50,000 new jobs ceated in the east via a new state-owned energy company 

For more information, please visit: https://labour.org.uk/change/kickstart-economic-growth/

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