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New Towns: Construction

Commons · Question 74257 · Tabled 2 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2025

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Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 3 of the report entitled New Towns for England, published by WPI Strategy in May 2025, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of modula

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Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 9 Sep 2025

The government has tasked the New Towns Taskforce, an independent expert advisory panel chaired by Sir Michael Lyons, with developing recommendations to ministers on suitable locations for new towns, as well as how to fund and deliver them. The Taskforce ...