MPs vow to fight new plans to scrap pollution rules for housebuilders

A bill tabled by the government would allow planning officials to ignore the extra pollution caused by sewage from new homes in sensitive areas and runoff from construction sites. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Political parties and wildlife groups are gearing up to fight the UK government’s renewed plans to scrap pollution rules for housebuilders.

The environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey, has announced that a new bill is in the works, with Rishi Sunak hoping to push it through parliament in the limited time he has left before the general election.