A Conservative ex-minister has claimed that leafy Home Counties constituencies like her own are 'under siege' from new housing developments.
Tory housing rebel insists suburbs 'under siege' by new builds as she seeks to block housebuilding targetsTheresa Villiers is pictured in Westminster last month.A Conservative ex-minister has claimed that leafy Home Counties constituencies like her own are "under siege" from new housing developments.Theresa Villiers told Sky News this morning: "I and many of our colleagues have felt that our constituencies are under siege.
Mrs Villiers tabled an amendment to the government's touted Levelling Up bill stipulating that local councils would be unable to consider housebuilding targets when they make planning decisions.
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