A new government taskforce will be set up to accelerate “stalled housing sites” including at Northstowe in Cambridgeshire, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has said. Rachel Reeves said the Government is ripping up planning rules to build more homes and critical infrastructure, saying she is prepared for “short-term political pain to fix Britain’s foundations”. The Chancellor said there will be major changes to speed up infrastructure projects and unlock private investment and that the Government will make “tough” choices to fix the UK’s economy. In a speech at the Treasury, she said: “The quest…