Starmer’s Labour Eyes UK Planning Reform Blitz Within Weeks
- Opposition plans quick moves to change rules if it wins power
- Labour is promising to build 1.5 million new homes in 5 years
Keir Starmer
Photographer: Hollie Adams/BloombergKeir Starmer is preparing a blitz of planning reforms if his Labour Party wins the UK election next month, aimed at immediately boosting housebuilding in Britain as he seeks to deliver 1.5 million homes over five years.
Starmer’s government would work rapidly to implement changes during the summer through a series of written ministerial statements, statutory instruments and letters from ministers and senior officials directing local planning chiefs to proceed with projects, people familiar with the matter said.