government source, take stock. that has been welcomed by the tories who were deeply sceptical about these planning reforms. it does not mean they ve definitely been scrapped, but it certainly leaves a question open about their future. with me now is labour mp and shadow minister we can discuss this now. thanks for we can discuss this now. thanks for being with us. these reforms put in time put on hold for the time being by michael gove, there has been welcomed by lots of tory mps, do you welcome at? do you welcome at? these reforms amounted to do you welcome at? these reforms amounted to a do you welcome at? these reforms amounted to a developer s - do you welcome at? these reforms| amounted to a developer s charter. it guides communities and puts control over planning into the hands of government, deeply unpopular, not only by conservative mps, but many conservative councils that backed our call to protect the local voice in the planning system. they don t fix the housing cris
much of the reforms and on what has been happening with development rights is that local councils have been taking out of the decision making of future homes. we need to address that is what planning reform should be, not the developers charter, which robertjenrick was sacked for promoting. but charter, which robert jenrick was sacked for promoting. charter, which robert jenrick was sacked for promoting. but if you are sa in: that sacked for promoting. but if you are saying that developers sacked for promoting. but if you are saying that developers are - sacked for promoting. but if you are saying that developers are sitting i saying that developers are sitting on the potential to create 1 million homes, how do you, as a labour party, propose to make them do that? brought we forward a bill in parliament to force developers to follow with the permission they already had, build it or lose it, and that was one of our proposals, so developers cannot [and bank on planning permissions the