Boris Johnson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out new regulations that will see buildings and land changing use without planning permission, with a policy paper due in July outlining how ‘England’s seven-decade-old planning system will be reformed for modern society’.

The latest ministerial reshuffle revealed that ‘taking back control’ means more power centralised in Downing Street. Huw Morris reports.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given the HS2 rail project the go-ahead despite concerns over out-of-control costs and the loss of ancient woodland.

The government has backtracked on proposals to close Victorian-era prisons and sell the sites for housing.