The launch of the New Towns Taskforce report in Liverpool last month was an anomaly. Government-commissioned reports are not usually launched as political events, and large-scale house-building projects are not usually welcomed.
While some of the 12 individual sites highlighted by the report – and some of those that missed out – may beg to differ, the report has been phenomenally well received. And while the 12 sites identified for development will not, on their own, resolve the housing crisis overnight, it goes some way to shifting the dial.
