Prime minister to face Labour leader and other MPs in the Commons
Rayner, the deputy leader and shadow levelling up secretary, and Reed, the shadow environment secretary, accept that the nutrient neutrality rules are causing problems for housebuilders.It is not in dispute that nutrient neutrality rules are making it challenging to secure consent for new housing development. The status quo is clearly not an option.“We must build the homes people need while also protecting the environment we live in. The two are not mutually exclusive,” they say.
They propose an alternative, compromise approach – allowing developments held up by nutrient neutrality restrictions to go ahead, on condition that mitigations are in place by the time the homes are occupied.We know there are far better ways to build the new homes we desperately need than green-lighting water pollution.
Good morning. Politics is about choices, and yesterday, after equivocating for a fortnight, the Labour party made a choice. It has decided to vote against Michael Gove’s plan to get rid of a legacy river pollution law in the hope that this will lead to thousands more homes being built.
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