Gateway 2 push fuels 20% jump in housing starts

House building starts jumped 20% in the second quarter as thousands of higher-rise homes flowing through the Building Safety Regulator helped swell the figures.
New-build starts in England reached 35,910 between April and June, up 6% on the previous quarter and 20% on the same period last year.
But government number crunchers cautioned that the rebound is being boosted by a dramatic rise in projects reported through the Building Safety Regulator.The BSR reported 5,758 housing starts during the l