What happened to the Conservatives' election promises on immigration and the green belt?

The following letter appeared in the Western Daily Press on May 2nd. 

What happened to election promises?

The Chancellor’s pro-European Union propaganda dossier let slip the fact that the Conservative Government is planning for another 3 million immigrants by 2030. David Cameron’s pledge to cut immigration to the “tens of thousands” is apparently worthless.

It is no surprise the Government is reneging on its election promise to protect the green belt (“Government breaks green belt pledges“, Western Daily Press, April 25). After all 3 million immigrants will need housing.

However, the Campaign to Protect Rural England reports that there is enough brownfield land for at least one million new homes. Why have Conservative ministers given permission for 275,000 homes in the green belt?

S.W.

English Democrats, Somerset


When submitted the concluding sentence of this letter read: "Whatever the Conservatives are conserving it does not appear to include the English countryside."  It has apparantly been edited out for publication.