Conservatives To Face Political In-Fight Over Housing

The government has come under attack from its own side on decisions taken locally for housing developments. Secretary of State for CLG, Sajid Javid, also outlined that the Housing White Paper will not be released until January. Andrew Mitchell, MP for Sutton Coldfield, was the first to raise an issue with a decision made by CLG on housing developments. He asked Javid if he could understand “the anger and disappointment” felt by his constituents to “back wholly unnecessary plans to build on Sutton Coldfield’s green belt?” He also called the decision a “breach of the Conservative party’s election manifesto” and stated he would “oppose his decision by all legal means”. Read more on 24housing.