In last week’s Viewpoint, Nick Raynsford ruffled feathers at the DCLG by suggesting that the Localism Bill was behind schedule, due to behind-the-scenes rows. Here John Howell, parliamentary private secretary to decentralisation minister, Greg Clark, and author of the Conservative planning paper, defends the Bill against claims it is anti-growth
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