Michael Gove is under pressure to scrap health and safety regulations that are forcing homebuilders to shrink the size of windows to stop people falling out. Developers up and down the country are building “gloomier” and “darker” homes due to rule changes brought in by the Government two years ago. Upstairs windows in new-build homes must now be at least 1.1 metres (3.6ft) from the floor, leaving younger children unable to see outside. The regulations were introduced over fears that hotter summers brought on by global warming will lead to people opening their windows more frequently, putting them at risk of falling out. Mr Gove ordered officials to review the controversial rules last year, and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities carried out a consultation with housebuilders, which closed last month. The outcome of the review is expected soon, with insiders hopeful the “strange” window rules will be axed. Nicholas Boys Smith, chairman of the Create Street think tank on urban design, said the regulations have “incentivised the building of extremely small windows”. “People are not able to look out of their windows if they are sitting down,” he said. “This means, in a normal-sized suburban house, first-floor...