Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds

The environmental audit committee says nature is necessary for building resilient towns and neighbourhoods. Photograph: Samuel Foster/Alamy

Nature is not a blocker to housing growth, an inquiry by MPs has found, in direct conflict with claims made by ministers.

Toby Perkins, the Labour chair of the environmental audit committee, said nature was being scapegoated, and that rather than being a block to growth, it was necessary for building resilient towns and neighbourhoods.