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Angela Rayner is the real winner of the spending review

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Angela Rayner secured a 39bn worth of grants over 10 years for a new affordable homes programme.

This will support local authorities, private developers and housing providers to build a new generation of social housing.

Housing associations and landlords will now also be allowed to raise social rents by 1 percentage point over inflation, a measure which the sector has long been calling for.

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