Fresh blow to house builders as Lords sink pollution reforms

Government plan to relax rules around water pollution to enable the construction of thousands of new homes have been blocked by the House of Lords.
House builders’ hopes of a fresh stimulus were dashed last night when The House of Lords voted by 203 to 156 to reject a government amendment to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.
The amendment was part of the Government’s planned relaxation of river pollution rules designed to allow development in areas previously impacted by nutrie