King’s Speech: Labour to slash planning red tape to deliver 1.5 million homes
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to “get Britain building” with sweeping reforms to the planning system announced in the King’s Speech as part of Labour’s drive to deliver 1.5 million new homes. But shadow Commons leader Chris Philp suggested Labour was downplaying the scope of its plans, describing references to the “grey belt” as “obviously shameless Labour spin that Peter Mandelson would have been proud of”. The Government said the Planning and Infrastructure Bill would seek to use development to “fund nature recovery where currently both are stalled, unlocking a win-win outcome for the economy and for nature”. It promised to work with stakeholders and nature recovery organisations over the summer to “determine the best way forward” and only act where it can confirm that the measures will deliver “positive environmental outcomes”.
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