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EXPERTS have stressed the importance of making sure plans for thousands of new homes in the Thames Gateway do not result in the creation of sink estates. - Bexley

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Judith Armitt confirmed as new head of Thames Gateway scheme

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Experts voice fears over Thames Gateway project

Caroline Spelman has blamed John Prescott’s obsession with regional government for the lack of progress with plans to regenerate the Thames Gateway area east of London. Responding to a Campaign to Protect Rural England report, the Shadow Local Government and Communities Secretary said the scheme to build new homes in the Gateway was being “strangled” by the Deputy Premier’s legacy of overlapping public bodies and bureaucracy.