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Eco town plan 'to be scaled down'

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The government is expected to announce a scaled-down version of its grand plan to create up to 10 "eco towns".

Gordon Brown set out in 2007 to create hundreds of thousands of homes in "carbon neutral" communities as he campaigned to succeed Tony Blair.

But the zero-carbon developments - some earmarked on open countryside - have caused protests and a legal challenge.

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