Budget: Osborne unveils home-building plans
George Osborne reveals an extension of the Help to Buy scheme and plans for new garden city with 15,000 new homes.
George Osborne reveals an extension of the Help to Buy scheme and plans for new garden city with 15,000 new homes.
The Local Government Association expressed concern at the Chancellor's decision to establish an unelected urban development corporation to drive the development of Ebbsfleet.
While we support the Government's aims to build more houses, democratically accountable councils have been at the forefront of delivering local growth and the creation of a separate, remote quango is unnecessary.
Residents will be concerned that such a body, unelected and accountable to central government, could have the power to make local decisions about investment, planning, development and possibly even local transport.
What George Osborne is offering is hope. Less clear is whether it will be enough to provide the strong growth the economy still needs.
After George Osborne announced plans to build 15,000 homes in Ebbsfleet, here's what you need to know about Britain's new garden city.
George Osborne presents a bleak picture his likely announcement's next week in the budget, suggesting more work to be done on the economy.