Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith is today presenting a plan that includes proposals to abolish two environment quangos, the Environment Agency and Natural England. The proposals also suggest getting rid of net zero regulations and other planning laws, including section 106 agreements and the community infrastructure levy, which are claimed to increase the cost of housebuilding.
The Conservative party states that these housebuilding plans could "cut up to an estimated £50,000 off the price of a new home." Other proposals in the package include backing a third runway at Heathrow, leaving the Aarhus convention, speeding up the delivery of more nuclear power stations, simplifying the tax code, and getting rid of the extended producer responsibility (EPR) law.
Labour's party chair, Bridget Phillipson, criticised Griffith's credibility on these topics, while Reform UK's deputy leader, Richard Tice, accused the Tories of copying his party's previously announced policies.