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As we enter the new year, the threat to the green belt around Luton remains a real one.

Bloor Homes have submitted yet another plan for a smaller development of 1,000 homes to the East of Luton (as opposed the original plans for 5,500 homes) which I have told them is still unacceptable to the residents of Wigmore, Stopsley and North Herts.  Peter Lilley MP has delivered a similar message on behalf of the residents of his constituency. 

I will continue to fight unwanted development around Luton while aggressively supporting building on brownfield and derelict sites in central Luton that - bizarrely - sit empty and are crying out for redevelopment.  A Conservative government would provide financial incentives that would encourage wanted development while giving powers to local authorities to block unwanted development.

While the fight to save the Green Belt around Luton from unwanted destruction has recently received cross party support, there can be no denying the reality that it is the Conservative Party who offer the best hope to Save Our Green Belt as we are the only ones offering a credible policy alternative with any chance of being implemented.

David Cameron has commmitted to scrapping Labour's central government imposed housing targets if we win power, and put power over housing back in the hands of local people and local councils.

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