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By Carl Brown2022-05-11T09:47:00
Housing secretary says aiming for one target risks “making an enemy of the common good”
Michael Gove has said the government is not bound by its 300,000-home target alone, in the clearest indication yet the Conservative Party’s manifesto pledge has been dropped.
The housing secretary, appearing on Today on Radio 4 this morning, said: “It’s no kind of success simply to hit a target if the homes that are built are shoddy, in the wrong place don’t have the infrastructure required and are not contributing to beautiful communities.”
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