Taylor Wimpey says Labour’s planning changes ‘important early step’ for more homes

Housebuilder welcomes shake-up of planning rules as it reports half-year profits fell by nearly 60% to 99.7m

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Taylor Wimpey has welcomed Labour's planning reforms as an important early step" to delivering more homes across England, as its half-year profits fell by nearly 60%.

The UK's second biggest housebuilder said the new government's proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) marked an important move to address the negative impact that planning changes brought in by the Conservative government had on housing supply.