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Lib Dems plan 50,000 new homes on ’garden city line’

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  • 06/10/2014
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Lib Dems plan 50,000 new homes on ’garden city line’
The Liberal Democrats have announced plans to build 50,000 new homes on a new rail line between Cambridge and Oxford.

At the party’s annual conference in Glasgow, it announced plans to build a rail link between the two university towns.

If the party is in government following the next election the construction of the rail line would see 50,000 homes built by expanding the number of properties at three to five key towns on the line. 

The party said these homes would be built to ‘garden city principles’ which include high quality, sustainable developments and accessible green space.

Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg said: “Housebuilding is stuck in the doldrums, with nowhere near enough homes being built to meet demand and keep prices affordable for those families desperate for a home of their own.

“Garden cities are a vital cornerstone of our plan to boost house building to 300,000 homes a year – enough to meet demand and keep prices in reach – while still protecting our precious green space and preventing urban sprawl. Our plan is to build a series of high quality new towns and cities where people want to live, with green space, sustainable transport and spacious homes.

“The Conservatives have held back the development of garden cities on the scale necessary, but if Liberal Democrats are part of the next government, we will ensure at least ten get underway – with up to five along this new garden cities railway, bringing new homes and jobs to the brain-belt of South East England.”

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