There are concerns fewer homes will now be built.
The government said Mr Gove had now agreed to give councils more leeway to depart from government housing targets.
The government is yet to set out the changes in detail, with the Department for Levelling Up promising to do so on Tuesday. Holiday rentals have been a big issue in a number of rural beauty spots, with MPs representing them complaining of a big expansion in lets during the Covid pandemic pushing up housing prices for locals.
Speaking to reporters, Mr Gove said the government's proposed changes would help it meet its target of building 300,000 homes a year by the mid 2020s. She added that the government was "weak," adding that the prime minister and Cabinet "are in office but not in power".Conservative rebels claimed to have the support of at least 100 MPs who were willing to vote against the government.I'm told the deal with the rebels was done towards the end of last week - and that there's concern in government that the changes would now mean significantly fewer homes get built.
Few at Westminster disagree with the need to build more homes, but this tussle over targets has shown it's far harder to reach a consensus on how and where.battle over onshore windfarmsThe government is falling short of its housebuilding targets by 32,000 homes from its original 2016 and 2021 goals for affordable homes, a report by the public accounts committee published on Wednesday has revealed.
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