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A Midlands MP campaigning to ‘save’ the green belt is calling for Birmingham to take its “fair share” of new homes.

The Labour government last year set out its ambition to deliver 1.5 million new homes in England by the end of the current Parliament.

Councils have been set targets for the numbers of new homes they should be helping to create in their areas every year, with some needing huge increases compared with their recent record.

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One such place is Bromsgrove , an area home to numerous villages and swathes of countryside, which now faces a target of 713 homes a year.

Bradley Thomas, MP for Bromsgrove and the Villages, says this means the area’

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