Sunak to rip up green rules to build 140,000 homes despite Labour and Natural England opposition

Rishi Sunak is preparing to use the Conservatives’ 60-seat majority to force through plans to rip up green rules to build up to 140,000 new homes, The Sunday Telegraph can disclose. A government source said that the Prime Minister was “absolutely determined” to scrap EU-derived regulations that are blocking construction, despite opposition from Labour and the government’s own environment quango. Downing Street is understood to be drawing up plans for a new bill that would allow the Government to