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Councils get £38.2m for new homes

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Government agency Homes England has awarded funding for 2,000 new homes to be built.

It revealed six councils will share cash to develop 13 sites for new homes as part of funding from the £450m Local Authority Accelerated Construction (LAAC) programme.

The homes will be built by either small firms or use modular construction

Fiscal devolution will require local audit arrangements that are even more robust than those that existed in the era of the Audit Commission, auditor general Gareth Davies has warned.

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