PROFIT calling! Wanting to build many, many, homes not just in Lancashire but all over England’s green and pleasant countryside.

Profit said, who cares if the UK population is growing by over 200,000 each year; that building on England’s valuable farmland doesn’t help our flood defences; that with rising population, our food security could be a very serious future problem?

There are already food shortages around the world.

Stop selling our food security by building on farmland.

Now is the time for this profit-motivated attack on our green fields to stop. I’m not against profit but not a profit at any price.

Fill the 700,000 homes that stand empty across the UK, 2,500 in Hyndburn alone, before thinking about building on farmland.

I’ve seen smiles, even laughter, on the faces of homeless people.

But never on the telly have I seen a smile on the face of a starving child.

Wake up, folks, not just for your own sake but for that of future generations.

Bert Hardwick, Station Road, Whalley.