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Government targets to build 240,000 new homes a year can be achieved without sacrificing the greenbelt, an independent review has concluded. The Calcutt review said today new development should focus on brownfield sites, especially plots of disused land in inner-cities and urban areas. In August, the Social Market Foundation thinktank argued the government must consider… Read more »
There has been a “probable” new leak of the foot and mouth virus at the government-owned Pirbright site in Surrey. Environment secretary Hilary Benn told MPs today a leaking valve meant it was possible the live foot and mouth virus had escaped into drainage facilities at the Merial facility. However, he said officials from the… Read more »
