George Kerevan: Eco-towns sounded a great idea – but can they really be built ?
Published Date:
24 July 2008
By George Kerevan
BACK in May last year, as he prepared to succeed Tony Blair, Chancellor Brown made a major statement on housing. It was an interesting policy area to choose as his personal standard for the final assault on No10.
Brown aimed to kill three political birds with one stone. First, he wanted to steal the Conservatives' clothes in the all-important south-east of England, where lack of affordable housing was becoming a crunch issue with voters. Secondly, he wanted t...
The full article contains 979 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
23 July 2008 9:04 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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