Starmer set to announce ‘new towns’ plan as part of ‘national renewal’ strategy

By Carl Brown2023-10-10T11:08:00

Labour leader expected to loosen planning rules and incentivise ’Georgian townhouse-style’ design

Keir Starmer will later today announce plans to build the “next generation of new towns”, it has been reported.

The Labour leader will this afternoon promise a “decade of national renewal” in his address to his party’s annual conference in Liverpool, a party spokesperson said.

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