Source: Labour Party UK Shadow Communities Secretary, Steve Reed MP, will today invite councils to join Labour in forcing a U-turn on the Conservative Governmentâs planning reforms, dubbed a âDevelopersâ Charterâ. In a keynote speech to the Local Government Association Conference, Reed will ask all councils, including Conservative-run local authorities, to signal their opposition to the reforms in formal council motions. Labour is calling for a united front to defeat the Conservativesâ planned Developersâ Charter, which would prevent local residents from objecting to developersâ plans to build slums, eyesores, or any other form of inappropriate new buildings on their streets, in their communities or on treasured public spaces.