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By City A.M. Reporter Michael Gove has said he cannot look at official figures showing a record number of children living in temporary accommodation with “anything other than regret” and blamed not enough homes being built. The Housing Secretary admitted that “for years now we have not been building enough homes” and that the Government has missed the supply target of at least 300,000 new homes per year. On reforms to the private rented sector, Gove insisted the long-promised plan to end tenants being forced from their homes under section 21 notices will take “a matter of months”, but could no…