Tories Are Accused of Planning 'Hypocrisy' ; the Conservative Party has Been Accused of 'Brazen Political Hypocrisy' After Selling Off the Garden of an Association Building to Developers Despite Its High-Profile National Campaign to End the Practice.

Western Morning News, The › January 16, 2009

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The Conservative Party has been accused of "brazen political hypocrisy" after selling off the garden of an association building to developers despite its high-profile national campaign to end the practice.

Tory ministers have been vociferous in their opposition to so- called "garden-grabbing" - getting planning permission to build homes in private gardens.

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Tories Are Accused of Planning 'Hypocrisy' ; the Conservative Party has Been Accused of 'Brazen Political Hypocrisy' After Selling Off the Garden of an Association Building to Developers Despite Its High-Profile National Campaign to End the Practice.

However in Cornwall, the St Ives Conservative Association sold the back garden of its headquarters in Alexandra Road, Penzance, to developers for pounds60,000 in November...

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