Council Leader Sexton has been railing against the Whitehall Housing Minister for months, threatening legal action against the Ministerial intervention while demanding an urgent face to face meeting with the Minister.

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to read her previous letters.

Her language in Council meetings has been equally intemperate.

But now, in the stand-off with the officials, she has blinked.

She still demands a face to face meeting. You can read her latest letter here.

It is a mystery why she thinks this will change anything. Council leaders and officials have been writing to the Ministry and meeting with the Ministry for years, each time trying to get the housing targets for Spelthorne reduced. And each effort has failed.

It’s all very well saying that Spelthorne is special, but every Borough in the land thinks the same. If the Minister concedes to Spelthorne’s demands he will have to concede to the demands of every other Borough as well.

Here’s why.