PM insists ‘levelling up’ agenda WON’T hurt Tory heartlands

Boris vows to boost the Red Wall AND the shires: PM insists ‘levelling up’ agenda in the Midlands and North WON’T hurt Tory heartlands or make ‘rich areas poorer’ as he scrambles to ease nerves after by-election defeat to Lib Dems PM has insisted prosperous areas in South will benefit from spreading growth He said … Read more

Tory heartlands will have to find space for 1.5million new homes

Tory heartlands will have to find space for 1.5million new homes under Government’s ‘mutant’ planning algorithm The plans will require tens of thousands of extra homes over the next 15 years  Tory MPs who have been left unimpressed with the proposals have pinned the blame on a ‘mutant algorithm’  ‘Governing by algorithm simply doesn’t work,’ … Read more