Up to 80 Tory backbenchers mobilising against planning reforms

Theresa Villiers

Newspaper reports state that MPs organising over Whatsapp, with two already prepared to vote against the government

Around 80 Conservative MPs are preparing to oppose the government’s proposals to reform the planning system, according to a report in the Daily Mail.

A WhatsApp group of backbench MPs formed last year to organise opposition to government plans for a housing numbers algorithm had “woken up” again after the Planning Bill featured in last week’s Queen’s Speech, according to the newspaper.

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