At least half the Cabinet are already facing controversy
over plans to allow green fields to be bulldozed for housing. Those affected
include Theresa May, Chancellor Philip Hammond, and Defence Secretary Sir Michael
Fallon, who has vowed publicly to ‘fight to protect the Green Belt from
inappropriate development’. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid was reported last
year to be considering easing the rules that allow councils to build on Green
Belt land provided they designate equivalent areas of land for protection. But
Tory sources insist his remarks were over-interpreted and believe the idea will
be quietly shelved when a White Paper on housing is published later this month.
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