DAILY MAIL COMMENT: In one of his many verbal gaffes, former deputy prime minister John Prescott once declared: 'The green belt is a Labour achievement. And we intend to build on it.'
In one of his many verbal gaffes, former deputy prime minister John Prescott once declared: 'The green belt is a Labour achievement. And we intend to build on it.'
In addition, councils would be set mandatory targets for new building and powers of local protest would be heavily diluted. New Labour's mantra was 'Education, Education, Education'. Sir Keir's appears to be 'Build, Build, Build'. Anywhere and everywhere. If Labour wins power, Sir Keir Starmer plans to reassess the green belt with a view to reclassifying parts of it for residential and commercial use
Its research also shows there is enough disused 'brownfield' land available in and around our main conurbations to build a further 1.2 million houses and flats. Not every green belt acre has been sacrosanct since, but the principle has held firm. To trash it now in the vain hope of meeting paper targets would be a betrayal.
The Office for National Statistics predicts that by 2036 the UK will see a further population increase of 6.1 million – overwhelmingly the result of migration.
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