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‘Look beyond partisanship’: former Tory minister backs Labour planning reforms

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Former communities secretary lost his red wall’ seat in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland .

He said the next Tory leader should not be afraid to back Labour ’s plans on housebuilding.

Clarke was a key backer of Liz Truss and one of the few MPs who called for Sunak to resign.

Clarke is celebrating his 40th birthday this weekend and said he did not want his political career to be over, saying he will “almost certainly seek to come back” to keep making the case on housing and intergenerational fairness. “The thing about 40 is that there’s enough time for several more acts. I look back on the last seven years , and a lot happened when I was still really very young, and there’s a lot more time to contribute,” he said..

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