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Part of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – in the House of Commons at on 22 April 2024.

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Photo of Alex Sobel Alex Sobel Labour/Co-operative, Leeds North West

Today is Earth Day. The Government introduced the zero carbon homes standard and the code for sustainable homes and then scrapped them. The future homes standard now has centralised support, but local authorities such as Leeds want to go above planning policy to reach higher standards. Why will the Secretary of State not allow Leeds to build even better zero carbon homes?