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.
Report: New garden cities for UK to tackle housing issue
A Whitehall report has recommended that two new cities are built in southern England to combat shortages in housing, according the The Telegraph.
According to the newspaper, the document was drawn up after the Prime Minister gave a speech supporting the idea nearly two years ago.
On Friday night, the Prime Minister is understood to have been accused by senior Liberal Democrats of suppressing the report and displaying a “Nimby attitude” through fear of a backlash in Tory heartlands ahead of the general election.
Garden cities were developed in the early years of the last century in an attempt to combine the best of town and country living and create healthy homes for working people.
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