Angela Rayner says changes to planning framework and new investment will help the government "ramp up" house-building to meet its pledge to build 1,500,000 homes before the next Parliament. The deputy prime minister adds that disused brownfield sites are "exactly where we want to see that development". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I'm here in Stoke-on-Trent today. We've been here with the Chancellor and announced £2 billion
00:05extra funding to make sure that we get up to 18,000 new homes. We know the £1.5 million
00:11homes is a challenge but the changes we've made and the investment and change into planning means
00:17that we can really start to ramp up that house building that we desperately need.
00:21Can I ask you, is it important that the government focus on building on brownfield sites
00:29before Greenbelt land? Well our changes to the National Planning Policy Framework was very clear
00:35on that, that we wanted to see brownfield developed. You'll see this site here is very
00:39well connected, we're stone throw away from the city centre so I think that you know these sort
00:44of sites are exactly where we want to see that development and we're also investing in supporting
00:49small and medium enterprises as well so that they can take on these types of sites and we can build
00:54much further and of course we need those infrastructure which people say
00:59is really crucial as part of our house building target and we're aware of that.