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- 1 2 "The Lyons Housing Review 2" (PDF). www.labour.org.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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- 1 2 "Revealed: Labour plans to build on the Green Belt if it wins election". www.telegraph.co.uk. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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- ↑ "Redfern review: the fourth major UK housing study since 2004". www.theguardian.com. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2017.