Michael Gove has recently been shown around new climate-friendly homes in Oxfordshire 

New homes which remove carbon from the atmosphere have been built in Southmoor.

And Mr Gove, the levelling up secretary, visited the site with Wantage MP David Johnston on February 24.

Springfield Meadows at Southmoor includes 25 climate positive homes, with nine of these being affordable and 16 private.

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Mr Gove said he was “incredibly impressed” by the net-zero energy use homes which have been built by Greencore Construction.

He said: “These are beautiful homes, built to the highest aesthetic standards but also capable of contributing positively to our environmental future.

“We will need new homes in the future. These are the types of homes that we will need. So, thank you David and the Greencore team for showing the way forward."

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Greencore is still building the last four homes and three of these have already been sold.

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Mr Johnston said: “I was delighted to take Michael Gove to Greencore in Southmoor to show him the great work they've done on creating climate-positive homes.

“He was very impressed, and Greencore now has the money and the plan to build 10,000 homes across England by 2035 and I will continue to do all I can to support them."

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Chief executive of Greencore Jon Di-Stefano said: “We were delighted to welcome both Michael Gove and David Johnston to our Springfield Meadows development.

“It’s exceptionally pleasing to have the government taking such a keen interest in our climate positive homes."