Call for more house-building cash

Hundreds of thousands of homes are being built in the South East

A report on house-building in the South East has said the region needs extra government cash of nearly £400m.

The study, by the South East England Regional Assembly, said it was trying to meet a target of building 11,200 affordable homes a year.

It said it would need 29% more than its current three-year budget of £1.37bn.

Assembly chairman, Councillor Keith Mitchell, said: "If the region is to remain successful we need more public investment in affordable housing."

House-building plans for the region were set out in the South East Plan, a 20-year vision.

It covers Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex, and affects eight million people.