Be under no illusion - localism will damage UK property

摘要

Housebuilders and developers are not the only people worrying about the Localism Bill as it wends its way through parliament. Business secretary Vince Cable, no less, has his doubts. Both he and the chancellor now believe the growth agenda is as vital to our economic recovery as cutting public spending, and Cable wants to make big changes to planning law to stimulate economic growth. John Cridland, the new director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, has weighed in too, by citing the bill as a real worry for business. "Amen to that," says the property industry.