Distinct echoes of the disastrous rail privatisation rushed through by the Major government when they knew they had no chance of winning the 97 election. Follow the money trail and see who wins from this creation of the sink estate 'green' equivalent.

Jonathan Spencer, London, England

Outlaw Buy-To-Let Mortgages to prevent the greedy,amateur landlords from buying up the housing stock at the expense of first time buyers and people wanting to move up the housing ladder. Suspend all immigration and get unemployed trained up and in jobs. Reduce the country's population.

Nick, Bristol,

If the eco-towns are build under the flight-paths of all the new runways, that'll offset the carbon footprint of increased air travel! Brilliant...where can I sign-up as a govt. advisor?

Colin Soames, London,

This is disgusting and as 'eco' as the catastrophe that is destroying the rain forests to grow biofuel. Money and big business are the sole motivators and this current shower of MP's would sooner destroy this country than admit they are wrong. Concrete the country with runways and eco towns. Great.

SA, Monmouth, UK

When district councils are already planning to build the required number of houses it is irrational to force them to do something different.

This is why a Judicial Review of the "crashed" planning process will find it illegal.

John W. Whitworth, London, UK

Are the Tories opposing this grotesque abuse of the word 'ECO' as a hammer to break our planning laws? Is there an opposition there, hello....hello....?

Janice, Witney, UK

Everybody seems to be anti immigration. I would argue that there are two types of immigrants. There are those that come to the UK work hard, pay taxes and NICS, (our pension) and improve the quality of work. They are welcome. However illegal non english speaking, working can all leave-now!

john, bath,

Judging from the previous comments I must have stumbled into a BNP convention.

There are plenty of us who actually support the idea of modern buildings that are energy efficient and well-planned instead of the energy-guzzling, faux-georgian identi-towns that are currently being built.

Matt P., London, UK

I agree with Donna Walker. This government is obsessed with building tomorrows ghettoes-ugly. No No No. We do need good quality homes in new small towns with good outdoor space built on sucessful existing towns, eg Bath. No one has the right to buy. You have to earn to buy-simple.

john, bath,

it disgusts me that labour is pandering to their electorate by keeping immigration laws lax. just look at the London election...the only boroughs Livingstone won were the impoverished ones with poverty and ethnic ghettos. hardly a representation of London or the country as a whole.

John, London, England

"Ministers are plotting to.. [restrict] the opportunity for residents to object"

Ah, yes, the re-launched 'listening' government.

Mike, Brighton, England

This country is unbearable to live in because of over population. This could be the straw that breaks the camels back. I'd lift my objection to any housing only on condition an equal area of land is given over to protected forestry and woodland.

keith bentham, wigan, uk

They're meant to gerrymander conservative districts with millions of imported votes from the Third World. When are you Brits going to rise up against this awful, treasonous government?

MaryJ, San Francisco, USA

Tackle the real problem - immigration. The public were never asked about increasing to this level of immigration and the benefits have been shown to be highly dubious except for increasing future Labour voters and keeping prices and inflation down (and this only temporarily)

David Cartright, Birmingham,

By my calculation this draconian government will be gone well before these sink estates are built. Dream on Flint.

Cromwell, Leeds, England

These so-called eco towns will end up as cheap ghettos stuck in the countryside: situated close to established communities, but each having separate existences. No one will want to live in them. The Govt should limit immigration not build houses to accommodate more. The country is full.

Donna Walker, Effingham, England

Politicians seem to think that by using the "eco-" prefix, people will fooled into not realising that the plan is to continue destroying the environment by packing more and more people into an already grossly overcrowded country.

We cannot rely on importing food for ever. In order to live sustainably we need a policy of reducing the population over time to levels the country can support.

John, Norwich, England

Force. That'll help the case.

Peter , Ross on Wye, UK

Politicians seem to think that by using the "eco-" prefix, people will fooled into not realising that it is a continuation of the destructive policy of packing more people into an already grossly overcrowded country.

The population needs to be reduced over time to levels the country can support.

John, Norwich, England