[Ted Grant] Tories riding high - Land Bill Satisfies Owners The Labour Party Ted Grant British Labour movement British Labour Movement Extract from war cabinet document discussing the Town and Country Planning Bill. / Image: nationalarchives.gov.uk Share TweetTowards the end of the Second World War the coalition government in Britain was pushing through the Town and Country Planning Bill in such a way that it guaranteed the property rights of the big landowners. In this article (July 1944) Ted Grant called on Labour to break the coalition and nationalise the land without compensation to the big landowners!Read the article on the Ted Grant Archive.