Ministry rejects New Towns cost estimates as ‘purely speculative’

Government plans for a dozen new towns in England could cost up to £48 billion, according to a report examining the best locations to build them. The report from WPI Strategy however was immediately rejected by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) as ‘extremely speculative’.

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