Boris Johnson faces a mounting Tory revolt over radical plans to boost house building amid claims the 'disastrous' policy could spell doom for his party. In contrast, Labour-run town halls would be asked to deliver 1,500 fewer homes each year. He was joined by Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen, who said 'concreting over' rural areas was a 'timebomb' for the Tories which would go off in the approach to the next General Election. More than 30 Tory MPs have now joined a rebel WhatsApp group to co-ordinate opposition to the plans. That would create 'a circle of doom for rural areas in the Home Counties', with more development in rural areas and potentially less on brownfield sites in urban areas, he said.

Source: Daily Mail September 12, 2020 21:01 UTC