A battle is brewing between local communities and Chancellor Rachel Reeves (Image: Lucy North - Pool/Getty Images) The war to save England’s beautiful leafy communities is very much on. At least that will be the battle cry from Tories the length and breadth of the country after hearing Rachel Reeves’ plans to reinstate mandatory housing targets and hand developers more power to steamroll ahead with indiscriminate housebuilding. If Labour don’t want to quickly haemorrhage the backing of voters in more traditionally blue areas, some of whom voted for them for the very first time, Keir Starmer and Reeves must proceed with caution from here on in.
Call me a NIMBY if you like, but I have to be clear: I am most certainly not against housebuilding. The fact that many can’t step onto the property ladder until they’re in their 40s is a total disgrace - and absurdly anti Conservative. In fact I’d go as far to say owning your own home and stake in society is a cornerstone of Conservatism.
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