Eco-town panel to be announced

A panel of a dozen experts who will oversee the creation of new eco-towns will be announced today.

The panel is to play a key role in whittling a shortlist of 15 sites down to 10 eco-towns and is expected to challenge the developers to meet high sustainability standards, repoted the Financial Times.

Last week 15 potential eco-town sites were announced by the government, which intends to build 100,000 homes to environmentally friendly standards.