Angela Rayner eased building regulations to simplify efforts to construct houses on gardens. The government revealed the move alongside a £10bn property funding initiative.
This funding marks the initial phase of a larger building push designed to deliver new homes across designated communities.
Critics called the relaxed rules a comeback of garden grabbing. James Cleverly stated that the National Planning Policy Framework rewrite represents a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph called the move a flawed answer to Britain's housing crisis, while the government focuses on launching the new funding.