170,000 Extra Homes Built Across England

More than 170,000 homes were added to England's housing stock in the last financial year, figures show. The total was 25% up on the previous year, but remains 26% below the peak of 223,530 recorded in 2007-08, just before building slumped as a result of the financial crash. Communities Secretary Greg Clark said the figures showed reforms had worked. Labour said they were evidence of "the Tories' five years of failure on house-building". Download the figures from the CLG website.