Reeves set to hire hundreds more planners

Planning professionals could be one of the few beneficiaries of this week’s Budget.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce an extra £48m to recruit 350 new planners – which works out at £137,000 a head.
The move is part of the government’s mantra to “get Britain building”.Reeves will look to increase the number of graduate planners and launch a Planning Careers Hub which will offer training programmes to support retention and open new routes in