Tories pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England in deregulation push

Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith will unveil Conservative plans to cut taxes and regulations at the party's conference in Birmingham.

• Griffith will outline plans to cut taxes, red tape and house-building costs in his first speech as shadow chancellor.
• The party will pledge to abolish Natural England and the Environment Agency, moving their functions into the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
• The Tories will replace section 106 agreements and the Community Infrastructure Levy with a single levy on developers.
• Reform UK's Robert Jenrick accused the Conservatives of "copying our policies."