Former adviser to Theresa May hits out at housing formula

By Joey Gardiner2020-09-23T12:52:00

Ex-chief of staff Gavin Barwell says planned model will favour London and surrounds

The former chief of staff to Theresa May has become the latest prominent Tory to criticise plans for a new formula designed to set local housing targets, saying it is “non-consistent” with the government’s “levelling up” agenda.

Former housing minister Lord Barwell, who was the last prime minister’s chief adviser, told the Create Streets conference that the revised standard method for calculating housing need, published alongside the planning white paper in August, appeared likely to focus building on existing high demand areas at the expense of the north.

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