Anthony Browne says he will oppose housing secretary’s proposals for new urban quarter

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Michael Gove’s proposals for a redevelopment in Cambridge have triggered an angry response from a local Tory MP, who has promised to stand in the way of what he calls the housing secretary’s “nonsense plans”.

Gove told an audience in central London on Monday that he viewed the plans for a new urban quarter in Cambridge as his top priority on a list of similar schemes to kickstart housebuilding in urban areas.