The Greater Manchester suburb that could inspire a 'generation of new towns'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA ‘generation of new towns’ modelled on areas including Hale will be built if Labour wins the next election, according Angela Rayner.
The party’s deputy leader was setting out her party’s plans at the UK Real Estate, Investment & Infrastructure Forum in Leeds on Tuesday (May 21).
The Ashton-under-Lyne MP said the mission to get building ‘will unleash the biggest wave of affordable and social housing in a generation’ in an effort to combat the consequences of the housing crisis.
To achieve that, Labour will embark on a huge programme of building new towns — akin to the post-war boom — in ‘the right locations’ because ‘what works in Stockton might not work in Southampton’, she added. READ MORE: More than 350 jobs at risk as Greater Manchester distribution centre to close And after establishing ‘an expert independent task force’ to select ‘the right locations’ for the new towns within 12 months of Keir Starmer coming to office, the MP promised the settlements will be ‘inspired’ by Greater Manchester’s swankiest suburb. “Our next generation of new towns will build homes fit for the future, inspired by the garden suburbs like Roundhay in Leeds or Hale in [Greater] Manchester,” Ms Rayner told the conference. “We will set out a new towns code [with] more social and affordable homes with a gold standard of 40 percent target. [There will be] good links to town and city centres with public transport to schools and GP surgeries, and access to nature.” The Shadow Housing Minister added that the government will work with regional mayors, like Andy Burnham, in establishing ‘beautiful new settlements’.
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