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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey and Helena Horton

Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system

Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves hopes to reform the planning and infrastructure bill before her November budget, but confusion remains over whether an entirely new bill is required. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

Rachel Reeves is set to announce a round of planning changes before the budget as a way to kickstart Britain’s sluggish economic growth, but ministers are at odds over how radical to be.

The chancellor will announce a number of moves designed to make it easier for developers to build houses and infrastructure projects, in the hope that they will fill about £3bn of her estimated £30bn black hole.

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