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Time to step up the pace

Heather Jameson canvasses sector experts’ views on the New Towns Taskforce report, and finds a high level of support for a document that ‘doesn’t pull its punches’.

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Renew Britain may have been the theme of the Labour Party conference, but all eyes were on Prime Minister Keir Starmer's attempts to renew his own party and fight back against Nigel Farage and Reform.

But the real promise of renewal came with the launch of the New Towns Taskforce, launched by housing secretary Steve Reed, prompting a sea of red hats and flags adorned with his favourite soundbite – build, baby, build!

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