Tory MPs welcomed Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick's move but said 'we still need radical change'
16 December 2020 • 9:05pm
Robert Jenrick was applauded by Tory MPs in rural constituencies for revising the formula for house building targets
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Ministers must go further than shelving a controversial housing target algorithm and ensure that planning systems are locally-led, MPs and campaigners have urged.
Robert Jenrick, the Housing Secretary, was applauded by Tory MPs in rural constituencies on Wednesday after he announced an overhaul of the formula for house building targets that will see more homes built in urban areas.
Former prime minister Theresa May was among senior Tories who had warned the computer-based formula first proposed in August would lead to swathes of southern England being “concreted over”.