In fact if you were to survey eight centuries of laws on Britain’s statute book, it would be hard to find another that has backfired so spectacularly. Opponents of new housing were not mollified, but ...

Money will be made available from April 2025, with projects expected to be able to get up and running in 2026.

New plans suggest that local people will have 'control of where Whitehall cash goes' under neighbourhood plans.