The Department for Communities and Local Government has announced that John Healey MP has been appointed as the new Housing minister, replacing Margaret Beckett. He was formerly Minister for Local Government.

The appointment comes at a time when demand for affordable homes is an at all time high and the number of new homes to be built this year the lowest for over 75 years.

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