Tories call for inquiry into 'bad data' to justify rural housebuilding

Move opens new front in backbench revolt against 'major incursions into the countryside' Conservative MPs have called for an inquiry into "bad" official population projections that are then used to justify the construction of thousands of homes on open fields. Tory backbenchers in Warwickshire claim that a population projection for Coventry exaggerates growth by up to 60,000 people over the next two decades, resulting in "major incursions into the countryside", with areas including the Forest of...