Angela Rayner softened planning guidelines to make it easier to construct houses on gardens. The government revealed the move alongside a £10bn property funding initiative.
This funding represents the first wave of a major housing investment program intended to supply new homes across chosen locations.
Critics called the relaxed rules a return to garden grabbing. James Cleverly argued that the National Planning Policy Framework rewrite signals a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph called the move an inadequate fix to Britain's housing crisis, while the government prioritizes releasing the new funding.