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Gove said to have ordered ‘complete rethink’ on planning reforms

By Joey Gardiner 2021-10-04T11:05:00

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Fellow cabinet minister says party ‘looking again’ at proposals

The new housing secretary Michael Gove is reported to have ordered a “complete rethink” of the government’s planning reform proposals, in advance of his first major speech in the role later today.

The report came as Conservative Party chairman Oliver Dowden used his speech to the party’s conference in Manchester to spell out that the party is “looking again at our planning reforms”.

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