Chancellor announces £2bn cash injection to help build 18,000 affordable and social homes

A FRESH £2bn cash injection will help Britain build up to 18,000 social and affordable homes.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves today announced new funding to support residential developments set for competition by 2029.

Rachel Reeves will announce huge funding for social homesGetty

Thousands of affordable homes will begin construction by March 2027, with ministers encouraging building firms to step forward with bids to ramp up housing supply.

Manchester and Liverpool will...