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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Will Durrant

Rayner faces Labour backbench call to ‘smash’ existing housebuilding model

A Labour MP has proposed a suite of changes to the Government’s flagship Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Steve Parsons/PA) - (PA Archive)

Angela Rayner could face a backbench rebellion from MPs demanding a “progressive alternative to our planning system”.

Labour’s Chris Hinchliff has proposed a suite of changes to the Government’s flagship Planning and Infrastructure Bill, part of his party’s drive to build 1.5 million homes in England by 2029.

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