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John Healey
LABOUR will scrap a get-out clause that lets developers dodge social-housing obligations, shadow housing secretary John Healey will announce today.
Mr Healey is to pledge that a Labour government will scrap permitted development rules for new homes.
The rules, introduced by Tory-Liberal Democrat coalition government in 2013, allow developers to bypass normal planning regulations by converting commercial spaces into housing without the consent of the local community.
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