Solution to affordable homes - stop building

THE only way to tackle the shortage of affordable housing in the Westcountry is to stop all new developments, a Cornish MP has claimed.

Andrew George has launched a campaign calling on the Government to abandon its plans to build thousands more homes in the region and instead concentrate on buying up existing homes for the least well-off.

Ministers insist the number of houses across Devon and Cornwall has got to be increased to help more people on to the property ladder... more>