Planning reform critic given MHCLG ministerial role

Neil O'Brien field

Policy advisor Neil O’Brien kicked off backbench unrest over ’mutant alogrithm’ last year

The prime minister has appointed a key critic of aspects of the government’s planning reforms to be a minister in the communities department.

The housing ministry (MHCLG) confirmed that Boris Johnson had appointed Neil O’Brien, Conservative MP for Harborough and founder of the centre-right think tank Onward, as parliamentary under-secretary in the department.

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