Michael Gove’s housing reforms are the only ray of light in this doomed government | Simon Jenkins

Instead of caving in to the building lobby, he is trying to return power to the people about the future of their communities

As the present Tory administration staggers on, one minister at least is showing some terminal creativity. The levelling up, housing and communities secretary, Michael Gove, is galvanising housing policy, sort of. This year, he has at last abandoned the absurdity that there is a national housing need of a fixed number of houses a year.

Councils in England have been told they...