A Labour member of a Hertfordshire council suggested the party’s group ‘start planning sites where we can’t win seats’ and ‘take the political decision not to go near’ a planning application for 900 homes, according to messages seen by the Daily Mail.
Chris Myers, a Labour councillor, told a party WhatsApp group that allowing a planning application in Potters Bar would break their grip on Hertsmere Council.
Labour runs Hertsmere council as the senior partner in a coalition with the Liberal Democrats but the administration has a razor-thin majority.
Revelations over the Labour group’s messages come weeks after the borough’s local plan was
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