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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Will Durrant

Labour rebel forces Commons vote amid fears of housebuilding reforms ‘wreckage’

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said developers will be able to pay into a new Nature Recovery Fund to bolster conservation efforts (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Wire)

Labour MPs have rebelled against the Government over its plans to override nature protections, amid fears its housebuilding reforms amount to a “wreckage”.

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said developers will be able to pay into a new nature recovery fund to bolster conservation efforts, which he denied was a “cash to trash model”.

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