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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

Family house under construction
The Conservatives will pledge measures they claim would cut the price of a new home by £50,000, including by scrapping net zero regulations on housebuilding. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Alamy Stock Photo

The Conservatives will announce a bonfire of regulations including abolishing affordable homes and community funding rules as well as scrapping Natural England and the Environment Agency.

The shadow chancellor, Andrew Griffith, will say the party intends to “streamline regulations” that protect nature and oblige developers to include affordable homes and community services such as GP surgeries, to speed up infrastructure and housebuilding.

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