Conservative backbenchers are up in arms over Robert Jenrick's housing reforms.
Thanks to @GeorgeGreenwood we have a map to show why they're so furious.
Blue = no. of houses increase
Yellow = no. of houses decrease
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The argument is over a "mutant algorithm" that determines where 300,000 homes/year will be built.
Rural constituencies in the Tory shires get whacked - look at Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Kent, etc.
So, for example, the Cotswolds sees 739 more homes a year. 2/5
Meanwhile, urban areas outside of London see the number of homes ***SHRINK****
Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Leicester, Sheffield, Newcastle, Nottingham, Bournemouth to name but a few. 3/5
London sees the most development of all - astronomical stuff.
Biggest increases are in Tory seats like Kensington & Cities of London and Westminster.
But it also includes the suburbs ..... where Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab have their own seats. 4/5
It all makes for a showdown in the Tory party. Have a play with the map here. Here endeth the thread 5/5
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