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Why the Tories are tearing themselves apart over housing

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The Tory Party's U-Turn on the Rebels

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has dropped plans for compulsory house building targets. He will replace them with advisory ones, which would give councils more room to manoeuvre. But not all of his Tory colleagues were happy about the decision. One MP said: "We cannot become the party of nimbism"

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