00:00North-East political leaders have clashed once again over plans to triple Northumberland's housing targets.
00:05Under new targets set by the government, the county would have to build 1,649 new homes a year
00:11in a bid to tackle the country's housing crisis.
00:13Deputy Leader Councillor Richard Wearmouth accused North-East Mayor Kim McGuinness as being a doormat for the government.
00:19The Conservative-led administration at County Hall has heavily criticised the new targets,
00:24with Councillor Wearmouth stating
00:42The comments came after Labour Mayor McGuinness stated that the North-East faced a social housing emergency
00:47and in finding ways to complain about the target is not going to solve the problem.
00:51Ms McGuinness since responded, which included her stating as of last summer
00:55there were just over 14,000 people already on Northumberland's housing register.
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