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Gove pulls key vote on planning reforms as rebellion grows

By 2022-11-23T11:44:00

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Vote on Levelling Up Bill axed as Tory gets 46 supporters for rebel amendment to scrap housing targets

Michael Gove has backed down on a key vote on planning reforms in the face of backbench Tory rebels who have called for the government to scrap housing targets and the presumption in favour of development.

The housing secretary yesterday decided to pull votes on the bill after amendments to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill filed by former environment secretary Theresa Villiers gathered nearly 50 Conservative backers including a raft of former senior ministers.

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