Central Bedfordshire

It estimates that 80% of those jobs will come from Bedford, central Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes.

But there are some places where numbers are actually expected to grow - in Central Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Leicestershire, for example.

The local authority was one of six councils to support the plans last year, alongside Central Bedfordshire, Luton Borough, Milton Keynes City, North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire councils.

In response to the report, the Central Bedfordshire, Suffolk, and Norfolk Safeguarding Children Partnerships issued a joint statement.

South Tyneside, another Labour-run council, said the plans were “wholly unrealistic”, while the independent-run council in Central Bedfordshire, said the area would be left “absolutely swamped with growth that the infrastructure just can not support”.