Senior ministers back growing calls to strengthen green belt

Kemi Badenoch is campaigning for changes to the rules for building on green belt land. Photo: Rashid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images

She wrote: “The success of the Conservative Party depends on us expanding the base of those who feel they have a real stake in society.”

“There is a clear moral justification that those who work hard have the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of their labor.

“This includes the right to decide how to use and enjoy their own property without undue government interference.”< /p>Democratic capitalists

The report was also supported by Andrew Griffith, the science minister, who warned that “democratic capitalism does not work without democratic capitalists.”

“If the door to property is slammed on some people, “How No matter how hard they work or try, moral legitimacy and a sense of fairness are quickly eroding,” he said.

Elsewhere, the report says the government should also reform planning rules so more people are encouraged to build their own homes.

It says Britain has “strikingly low rates of self-sustaining and individual home building” and that a new “Right to Build” should be introduced for towns and villages.

The dossier also includes proposals to increase the share of ordinary Britons in key sectors of the economy, including energy and business.

This includes a new scheme to encourage community ownership of wind and solar farms, as well as a super tax on the value of shares. transferred to employees.