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The new housing bill: people, planning or productivity?

The Conservative government’s agenda is beginning to take shape. What has it to say about the things that matter most to communities? Let’s start with the housing bill.

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When the May election returned a Conservative majority, LocalismWatch speculated on its implications for grassroots communities. Three months on, the shape of things is becoming clearer, although many details remain to be resolved. We’ve tried to filter out the rhetoric and clichés to make sense of what the government plans to do – and why.

What do we know so far?