Labour’s plan for ‘the builders not the blockers’ is a capitulation to developers | Simon Jenkins

Of course Britain needs renewable energy infrastructure and more houses. But Rachel Reeves has laid out a ruinous path

A Labour government would be “for the builders not the blockers”. So Rachel Reeves told the Labour conference today. It went down well. The shadow chancellor’s attack on the “blockers” was specific. Not only did she give not an inch to the blocking cause, she offered a reward of “something in return” to nimbys who agree to turn builder. In exchange for not objecting to a wind tur...