The Tories are really wheeling out all the greatest hits for party rows at the moment. Not content with a fight over the weekend about Brexit, they’re now having an increasingly bitter scrap about planning reform. Last night, ministers delayed a crunch vote on top-down housing targets after it became obvious they were going to have a serious revolt on their hands. The second day of the report stage of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill has been put off from Monday to a date in the near future – government sources tell me they are still expecting a vote before Christmas – after Theresa Villiers gained the support of 46 Tory MPs for her amendment which would make housing targets advisory.
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