somerset and the essex—hertfordshire border. the government says that the plans will help provide vital homes. but rural campaigners have warned there is still strong opposition to some of the projects. earlier i spoke to grant shapps, the local mp for welwyn garden city, one of the britain's first garden cities and a former housing minister in david cameron's government. what we have to do and i regret not doing more of it when i was housing minister is think how we're going to produce another1 million or 2 million homes but on a much larger scale and not just confining it to the south—east but looking at part of the country which need greater populations. and would benefit from and want to have the additional housing. hello, welcome to the bbc newsroom at outside source. nearly 60 people have died in a