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Labourâs housing challenge as planning permission at record low

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78% Informative

Planning permission data for the year to June showed only 31,562 housing proposals granted.

Experts say developers are reluctant to put in planning bids because of costs.

Labour is pledging an additional 1.5 million homes in five years to meet Labour 's target.

Keir Starmer has pledged to take on so-called ânimbyâ activists.

VR Score

85

Informative language

88

Neutral language

20

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

50

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not offensive

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not hateful

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Known propaganda techniques

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Time-value

short-lived

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