Labour could alter planning rules to allow hundreds of thousands of vital homes to be build on the ‘Green Belt’, Rachel Reeves has said.
The shadow chancellor said the party would look at reclassifying protected land as ‘brownfield’ sites ripe for development under a ‘common sense approach’ if elected.
It comes as all the main parties face pressure to increase stuttering housebuilding rates amid soaring prices and rental rates.
In an interview with the Sunday Times, Ms Reeves said: ‘A brownfield-first approach is right. But we also need to look again at what is designated green and brown. No one has got anything to fear from this.’