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Conservative MP says “sclerotic planning laws” should and can be reformed to free up land for development
A new report published by a free-market think tank and by co-written by Conservative MP and arch Eurosceptic Jacob Rees-Mogg has called for sweeping changes to the way the UK plans for and builds homes.
The paper, “Raising the roof: how to tackle the UK’s housing crisis”, published by the Institute for Economic Affairs, presents a programme of far-reaching free-market reforms which Rees-Mogg said would help tackle the UK’s housing crisis – or as the document labels it, “catastrophe”.
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