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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/373943/john_healey_unveils_proposals_for_second_wave_of_ecotowns.html</link>
 <title>John Healey unveils proposals for second wave of eco-towns</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:07 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Housing Minister John Healey has today announced proposals for a second wave of world leading eco-towns and pledged to double the money to a total of £10m to support councils in developing their plans.]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/287711/john_healey_green_light_given_on_ecotown_sites_plus_tougher_standards_for_future_homes.html</link>
 <title>John Healey: Green light given on eco-town sites plus tougher standards for future homes</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/287708/peter_luff_comments_on_ecotown_announcement.html</link>
 <title>Peter Luff comments on eco-town announcement</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[END OF “MIDDLE QUINTON” NIGHTMARE COMES CLOSER, BUT IT’S NOT OVER YET]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/257243/developers_ecotown_advert_judged_misleading_by_watchdog.html</link>
 <title>DEVELOPERS' ECO-TOWN ADVERT JUDGED MISLEADING BY WATCHDOG</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:52 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The credibility of plans to build an ‘eco-town’ at Long Marston has today been delivered another blow. ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/238667/local_authorities_respond_to_consultation_on_middle_quinton.html</link>
 <title>Local authorities respond to consultation on 'Middle Quinton'</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:33 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Read the joint response to the second consultation from the local authorities concerned with the proposed eco-town at Long Marston.]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/238728/new_ecotown_delay_could_be_good_news.html</link>
 <title>NEW ‘ECO-TOWN’ DELAY “COULD BE GOOD NEWS” </title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:56 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Government “is playing for time while they desperately try to salvage some credibility from their doomed ‘eco-town’ project at Long Marston”, Mid Worcestershire MP Peter Luff believes.]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/230892/ecotowns_not_just_wrong_but_unlawful.html</link>
 <title>‘ECO-TOWNS’ NOT JUST WRONG, BUT UNLAWFUL</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:57 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Government’s ‘eco-town’ project has been dealt another humiliating hammer-blow, and must now be abandoned in favour of a truly sustainable and well thought-through house building programme, according to Mid Worcestershire MP Peter Luff, who represents part of the Long Marston site ear-marked for development.]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/231253/ecotowns_policy_may_have_unlawful_consequences.html</link>
 <title>Eco-Towns Policy May Have Unlawful Consequences</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/231252/eco_town_approach_bypassing_local_democracy.html</link>
 <title>Eco town approach 'bypassing local democracy'`</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:29 +0000</pubDate>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/217394/letter_to_the_shadow_cabinet.html</link>
 <title>Letter to the Shadow Cabinet </title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:43 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Cabinet Member and Member for Stour and The Vale and BARD Executive member writes to Caroline Spelman and Grant Shapps regarding the Middle Quinton eco-town proposal.]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/216543/yet_another_blow_for_ecotowns.html</link>
 <title>Yet another blow for "eco-towns”</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:18 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[“The ‘eco-town’ project is dead in the water. The Government must stop trying to resuscitate it and let it go” says Peter Luff MP]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/213299/stratford_mp_speaks_out_against_excesses_of_ecotown_scheme.html</link>
 <title>STRATFORD MP SPEAKS OUT AGAINST 'EXCESSES' OF ECOTOWN SCHEME </title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:56 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[John Maples comments on the latest eco-town news]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/213290/clc_annual_report_2008.html</link>
 <title>CLC Annual Report 2008</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Eco-towns policy is "clearly in some difficulty" according to CLG Select Committee report published today]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/213336/finally_clg_rectifies_mistake.html</link>
 <title>Finally, CLG rectifies mistake</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The DCLG has now revised the consultation summary annex of respondents after BARD queried their omission in November 2008.]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/212064/ecotown_killer_blow.html</link>
 <title>'ECO-TOWN' KILLER BLOW</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:08 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Plans to build a so-called ‘eco-town’ at Long Marston have been dealt a “humiliating and perhaps deadly blow” according to Mid Worcestershire MP Peter Luff.]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/201850/john_maples_urges_constituents_to_take_action_against_middle_quinton.html</link>
 <title>John Maples urges constituents to take action against Middle Quinton</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[‘We must ensure that Middle Quinton is not steamrollered through to satisfy central Government policy but we need all possible help.]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/200502/shapps_quizzes_blears_on_ecotown_costs.html</link>
 <title>Shapps quizzes Blears on eco-town costs</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:46 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Conservative Shadow Housing Minister Grant Shapps has challenged the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Hazel Blears to provide information on the costs of the eco-town initiative.]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/201197/is_middle_quinton_even_financially_viable.html</link>
 <title>Is Middle Quinton even Financially Viable?</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:19 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Stratford MP seeks answers from the government<br/>]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/200472/politicians_respond_to_high_court_ruling.html</link>
 <title>Politicians Respond to High Court Ruling</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:49 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Opposition to the eco-towns programme has not been deterred by a ruling in the Government's favour<br/>]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/200531/campaign_to_protect_rural_england_responds_to_high_court_ruling.html</link>
 <title>Campaign to Protect Rural England responds to High Court ruling</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:26 +0000</pubDate>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/200501/those_for_and_against_middle_quinton.html</link>
 <title>Those For and Against 'Middle Quinton'</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:32 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Find out who is for and against the building of an eco-town at the Long Marston site]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/national/117916/liberal_democrats_oppose_government_ecotowns_policy.html</link>
 <title>Liberal Democrats oppose Government eco-towns policy</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:03 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Liberal Democrats have reaffirmed the party's opposition to the Government's eco-town policy]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/local/89843/legal_challenge_to_ecotowns.html</link>
 <title>Legal challenge to eco-towns</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:41 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Council leaders call for Government to have new approach to eco-towns]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/local/87439/luff_slams_government_ecotown_survey_spin.html</link>
 <title>Luff slams Government Eco-town survey spin</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:43 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[MP Peter Luff brands the Government as being "staggeringly deceitful" over Eco-towns]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/national/86415/lessons_to_be_learnt_from_the_new_towns_say_mps.html</link>
 <title>Lessons to be learnt from the New Towns, say MPs</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:48 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[MPs criticise Government over lack of evaluation concerning New Towns]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/local/86413/the_english_regions_network_voice_ecotown_concerns.html</link>
 <title>The English Regions Network voice Eco-town concerns</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:16 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Following Government's consultation]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/thirdparty/86355/the_country_land_business_association_responds_to_the_governments_ecotown_consultation.html</link>
 <title>The Country Land & Business Association responds to the Government's Eco-town consultation</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:51 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Download the full report here...]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/thirdparty/86350/britain_needs_to_build_the_right_houses_in_the_right_places.html</link>
 <title>Britain needs to build the right houses in the right places</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:13 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Centre for Cities calls for the Government to fulfill their pledge on housing]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/national/86313/government_must_let_local_people_make_planning_desicions_opik.html</link>
 <title>Government must let local people make planning desicions - Opik</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:38 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Give more power to local people says Liberal Democrats Housing Minster Lembit Opik ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.bardcampaign.org/politics/national/86312/housing_minister_caroline_flint_promises_to_visit_ecotown_site.html</link>
 <title>Housing minister Caroline Flint promises to visit eco-town site</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:32 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Housing Minster to visit eco-town site after acknowledging several major issues]]></description>
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