Michael Gove had been planning to rip up EU-derived scheme that forces developers to pay to offset pollution
Plans to scrap pollution rules for housebuilders in England have been abandoned by the government, the Guardian understands.
Politicians opposing the bill have suggested the double byelection loss, where the sewage scandal was said to have come up on the doorstep, may have caused prime minister Rishi Sunak to reconsider the controversial legislation.
