Written Statement·Commons·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·HCWS1432
Large-Scale New Communities
23 March 2026
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State for Housing and Planning
Labour
Statement
The 1946 New Towns Act was a response to the urgent need to alleviate housing shortages and urban overcrowding in a war-ravaged Britain. The acute and entrenched housing crisis that afflicts England today has far different causes, but the need for equally...