The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has said that Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's call for more garden cities in the home counties is not the only answer to the housing crisis. The group said the Government should not overlook the role that the incremental growth of rural settlements across England could play in filling the housing shortage. CLA President Harry Cotterell said: "We understand the Government is worried about the slow progress of localism but Nick Clegg has failed to recognise that ...