Boris Johnson will use home ownership to cement Tory dominance of the Midlands and north for a generation, pressing ahead with the biggest shake-up of the planning system for more than 70 years.
Cabinet ministers believe that the key to many of the Conservative Partys extraordinary gains in last weeks local elections was the number of people who owned their homes.
A planning bill set to be included in tomorrows Queens Speech is aimed at expanding rates of home ownership across small cities and towns in areas where, only recently, Conservative support was all but non-existent.
The reforms, seen as crucial to Johnsons levelling-up agenda, will simplify the planning process, making it more difficult for existing homeowners to block new housing schemes.
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