Among those urging members to reject the amendment was former leader Tim Farron.
The Liberal Democrat leadership has suffered a blow as they were defied by the majority of their membership at the party’s annual conference with a vote to retain national housing targets as policy.
Following a rowdy debate at the event in Bournemouth, the party approved a motion committing the party to the target to set a “clear direction of travel” for addressing the housing crisis. “I reckon I can get away with being a rebel again now, I do not give a monkey’s, but amendment one does not do that.
“Vague targets let and empower developers to build the houses that they want but never … the homes that we desperately need, especially that young people actually need. The authors of amendment one do not mean it, but it is pure Thatcherism.”
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