Letwin says more British brickies and suppliers needed to meet 300,000 homes target

By Jordan Marshall2018-06-25T09:58:00

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Final recommendations due out in the autumn

Sir Oliver Letwin’s independent review of house building has called for changes to the current system to ensure new homes are built faster.

Among the recommendations laid out in Letwin’s draft analysis, which was published today, were calls for thousands more British bricklayers to be trained to help meet Government targets and increased diversity from developers.

Letwin (pictured) was commissioned by government to examine what could be done to speed up the slow rate of house building on major sites in January.

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