It has been a rollercoaster ride for those of us following progress of government planning and housing policy. Finally, it all comes to a head today in the Queen’s Speech when we will get to hear the denouement of much leaked deliberations.

Housing secretary Michael Gove is not a man to be constrained by Tory orthodoxy. Instead, is he set to reassure us with policies that reveal an analytical thinker capable of making up his own mind? There is much to anticipate in social housing, planning reform, sustainability, suburban and urban intensification as well as procurement.

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