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Enfield council withdraws from government’s new towns programme

The Guardian UK Thursday 28 May 2026, 17:47 UTC By Joanna Partridge 1 min read
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Enfield council has withdrawn from the government's new towns programme. This decision by the new Conservative-led administration is seen as a significant setback for Labour's major housebuilding initiative. The move may also serve as an early test of planning changes introduced by Rachel Reeves to limit judicial reviews on new infrastructure.

London authority’s new Tory-led administration delivers significant blow to Labour’s flagship housebuilding scheme

Enfield council in north London has withdrawn from the government’s new towns programme, in a significant blow to Labour’s flagship housebuilding scheme.

The move by the new minority Conservative-led administration could present one of the first tests of Rachel Reeves’s planning changes, designed to curb the use of judicial reviews against new infrastructure.

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