Budget 2017: Philip Hammond pledges to build 300,000 homes a year

But the Chancellor was criticised for saying ‘there are no unemployed people in the UK’

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Chancellor Philip Hammond
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The Chancellor has announced plans to build 300,000 new homes a year, the equivalent of a city the size of Leeds - but the news was overshadowed by his claim that there are no unemployed people in Britain.

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