Shadow chancellor to address Tory conference as he claims slashing red tape could cut cost of new houses by £50,000 – UK politics live

Andrew Griffith makes speech today as Reform UK accuses party of copying policies they ‘announced weeks and months ago’ Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England New vetting rules for Conservative candidates – sometimes described as a purge of moderates – are not a “purity test” and the party is a “broad church”, shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith said this morning. As the Press Association reports, asked whether Kemi Badenoch’s idea of a model Tory MP would mean that former politicians like Ken Clarke may not qualify under the new rules, he told Times Radio: Look, we…