Overview

• The new National Planning Policy Framework will mandate higher affordable housing targets and prioritize brownfield development.
• Labour plans to reintroduce mandatory housing targets scrapped by the previous government.
• Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to reveal a significant budget deficit and propose above-inflation pay rises for public sector workers.
• The government will focus on building on previously developed green belt land to preserve untouched areas.
• Labour criticizes the previous Conservative government for underinvestment and fiscal mismanagement.