‘Britain’s first new garden city in 100 years is to be built in Ebbsfleet in Kent, George Osborne has announced.

The Chancellor announced plans to “build for Britain” by creating the new city with 15,000 homes on the Thames Estuary.

Mr Osborne also announced that the government will extend the Help-to-Buy scheme for newly built houses until 2020, which will lead to 120,00 new homes.’

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