Tories accused of 'suppressing' plan for two new garden cities
Officials are said to be in a "panic" about a Whitehall report calling for two new garden cities in southern England, Senior Liberal Democrats have told the Telegraph.
New cities plan modelled on garden city movement
The document understood to recommend two new garden cities is less than 50 pages long, and is modelled the original garden city movement at that created Letchworth and Welwyn in Hertfordshire.
Tim Farron, Lib Dems party president, told the Telegraph: “It is time to break the log jam. This report needs to come out now and come out quickly. The Tories are displaying a Nimby attitude towards garden cities.
“We need to grasp this nettle and turn all these warm words about housing into action.
"For a growing number of people, the aspiration of home ownership, with all the security it brings, has become a distant dream. We need to do much more to help people realise their dreams. Garden cities offer a real chance for us to help tackle this problem and boost the economy.”
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