Overview
- Andrew Griffith rolled out the package on Sunday at the Conservative conference in Birmingham and called it “the most ambitious deregulation project in a generation.”
- The party says the measures could cut new‑build costs by about £50,000, a figure tied to scrapping the Future Homes Standard and reaffirming plans to abolish stamp duty.
- The proposals would abolish Natural England and the Environment Agency and transfer their functions into Defra, centralising environmental decision‑making within government.
- The Conservatives would scrap Extended Producer Responsibility — which they say adds about £1.5bn in packaging costs — and back a third runway at Heathrow to speed major infrastructure delivery.
- All measures are policy pledges that would need new legislation and face legal, parliamentary and environmental pushback, with further policy papers and the autumn Budget (28 October) expected to set out next steps.