A Conservative councillor compared the Labour government’s housing policy to the former socialist USSR regime in a passionate speech at a Rushcliffe Borough Council meeting. Housing targets, which identify how many homes should be built in each local council area by a certain timescale, were introduced by the Conservative government in 2019. But Labour reversed the decision this year after promising to reinstate the targets before their 2024 general election win. This plan made targets for housing completions up to 2041, and Rushcliffe voted the plan through with the targets in March this year. But Councillor Upton spoke out against the amendments, and a majority of councillors voted against them.