Only slim chance government will meet target of building 1.5m homes, minister says

Angela Rayner says manifesto pledge is not being dropped but focus is now on building council houses

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The government is unlikely to meet its target of building 1.5m homes, Angela Rayner has acknowledged, saying there was only a “slim chance” enough houses would be built before the next election.

The manifesto pledge to build 1.5m houses by the next election was a “stretch target”, the communities secretary added, but that it was not being ditched and she was “definitely not giving up”.