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Network Rail to set up property company to deliver 40,000 homes

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Network Rail will set up a new property company to build 40,000 homes on its rail estate over the next decade .

The Treasury announced the launch of a new cross-government taskforce to release surplus public land for housing, with unused Ministry of Defence sites also to be among the first to be released.

It comes after the UK 's fiscal watchdog estimated efforts to unblock the planning system will result in the highest levels of house building in 40 years .

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