Angela Rayner eased building regulations to make it easier to create housing on gardens. Officials announced the decision alongside a £10bn residential funding package.
This funding marks the initial phase of a larger building push aimed at providing new homes across chosen locations.
Opponents labeled 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 an inadequate fix to Britain's housing crisis, while the government focuses on launching the new funding.