Tory leadership hopeful Liz Truss has said she would “abolish the topdown Whitehall-inspired Stalinist housing targets” if made prime minister, in an interview with a Sunday newspaper. 

Truss said her plan would make it easier and quicker for developers to build on brownfield land in “opportunity areas”. 

But sector bodies immediately warned that abandoning central government housing targets would lead to less homes being built. 

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