Labour pledged to begin work on 1.5 million new homes in its manifesto. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The construction of three new towns will begin before the next election, the Housing Secretary will pledge at Labour’s party conference.

The Government will “do whatever it takes to get Britain building”, Steve Reed is expected to tell Labour members on the opening day of the party’s annual gathering in Liverpool.

Work on 12 new towns will be taken forward, Mr Reed is to announce, as recommended by a report from the Government’s New Towns Taskforce, published on Sunday morning.

But the priority for construction in the current Parliament will likely be Tempsford in Bedfordshire, Leeds South Bank, and Crews Hill, north London, described by Labour as “most promising sites”.

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