Well, she would say that -wouldn't she.

Mike Bibby, St Albans, England -not EU

Well, it's not quite that straightforward. We now learn that the developer of ‘Hanley Grange’ is none other than our friend Tesco.

Not content with killing any competition both in the High Street and out of town, Tesco's latest wheeze is to build the towns themselves, at the centre of which will be their biggest retail outlet. This does rather take the concept of ‘cornering the market’ to a new level of audacity.

From the company’s standpoint, clearly every little helps, but should it be allowed? This is surely a quite outrageous abuse of Tesco's dominant position.

Do we no longer have any control on monopolies in Britain? And why on earth is this government relying on supermarket chains to build a way out of the mess that surrounds our current planning system?

Neil Marshall, Cambridge, UK

Who suffers, yet again, due to this Labour government?
The Countryside!
Due to rapid increase of population, for many reasons, the growth of Urban sprawl is inevitable and the contraband greenbelt areas are under increasing threat and pressure.
It is said several million homes are due to be built. WHY!? Why has there been such a rapid growth of population? I personally put it down to immigration through the years.
To solve a problem, in this case housing, you have to go to the source. These eco-towns are just a way of pushing through housing development and there is nothing local government can do due to the socialists ruling this once great country.

Ian Firth, Bury St Edmunds, Britain