ENVIRONMENT

Latest reforms could spark 'inequalities'

Greater social inequality could result from the Government’s housing and planning reform, according to a new report.

By Nick Appleyard | 29 March 2011

Greater social inequality could result from the Government's housing and planning reform, according to a new report.

The study by the Town and Country Planning Association, and supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, concluded long-term patterns of spatial inequalities in England would be reinforced by the ending of regional planning and creation of the new homes bonus.

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