Angela Rayner relaxed property rules to make it easier to create housing on gardens. The government revealed the move alongside a £10bn housing investment.
This funding represents the first wave of a larger building push aimed at providing new homes across chosen locations.
Critics called the updated guidelines a revival of garden grabbing. James Cleverly stated that the National Planning Policy Framework rewrite represents a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph described the step as a flawed answer to Britain's housing crisis, while the government concentrates on rolling out the new funding.