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• Give up green fields for homes or face a further shake-up, councils are told by minister

  11 January 2013

  Planning minister Nick Boles MP's housing speech at Policy Exchange is covered by The Daily Mail. During the speech Boles called on councils to release previously undeveloped land so more new homes can be built to tackle the housing shortage.

• Planning minister: we must build on British countryside

  10 January 2013

  The Times covers planning minister Nick Boles's speech to Policy Exchange on housing the next generation, highlighting proposals to build more new homes on greenfield sites to tackle the shortage of affordable housing.

• Bring on the bulldozers, says Nick Boles. But it won't be that easy

  10 January 2013

  The Daily Telegraph's Robert Colvile reports on planning minister Nick Boles's recent housing speech to Policy Exchange at which he set out the case for building on greenfield sites to help tackle the housing crisis.

• High Speed rail 2 line could 'unlock new housing developments', says Nick Boles

  10 January 2013

  The Daily Telegraph covers Nick Boles's recent Policy Exchange speech, at which he set out how to house the next generation. As part of his speech, Boles argued that building high speed road and rail links across parts of the UK could boost new housing developments.

• For the planning system to work, local communities need a level playing field

  10 January 2013

  Comments made by planning minister Nick Boles MP at his recent Policy Exchange speech on housing are quoted in The Daily Telegraph. The minister set out proposals for communities to become more involved in housing developments locally and stressed the importance on tackling the housing shortage.

• Boles is right to say that social justice means new homes. So let's hope his localist housing plan pays off.

  10 January 2013

  Paul Goodman references the important role Policy Exchange has played in forming new ideas to stimulate housebuilding in an article for ConservativeHome. Goodman notes the upcoming speech by Nick Boles MP at Policy Exchange which set out ways to tackle the housing crisis.

• Build on green sites or only the rich will own homes, warns planning minister as he tells grandparents to stop being NIMBYs

  10 January 2013

  Prior to his speech on housing to Policy Exchange, planning minister Nick Boles MP is quoted in The Daily Mail highlighting the importance of building more new homes to address the housing shortage in the UK, which will mean building on previously undeveloped greenfield sites. 

• Housing divide ‘is Victorian’

  10 January 2013

  Planning minister Nick Boles MP, is quoted by The Sun ahead of his speech to Policy Exchange addressing the housing crisis. Boles sets out proposals to build on previously undeveloped land to help tackle the housing shortage.

• Planning Minister calls for more houses to be built

  10 January 2013

  Planning minister Nick Boles MP is quoted by ITV News trailing his upcoming speech to Policy Exchange on housing the next generation. Boles argues that the shortage of affordable housing in the UK is a threat to social justice.

• Communities to be offered cash incentives to accept new homes

  10 January 2013

  The Guardian previews planning minister Nick Boles MP's upcoming housing speech at Policy Exchange. The article notes that the minister will highlight the need to build on previously undeveloped greenfield sites in his speech, as Policy Exchange has recently advocated.