The Government has doubled the housebuilding target for Stockport, weakened the protections on a third of our precious green belt, and is forcing the Council through Ministerial Directives and threats to adopt a Local Plan which will let developers target green belt first.
We oppose this government’s ‘developers charter’ and need your voice. Do you agree with us that the green spaces that make our area special need to be preserved, and new housing should first be built on brownfield sites, after the infrastructure is provided with schools, improved transport, and GP places guaranteed? Help us send a message to Government and make Labour listen to local people.
Find our more about the local plan on our frequently asked questions page.
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today urged the SNP government to do much more to tackle the social care crisis as new figures revealed that the number of people waiting on social care assessments and care at home packages is the h
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that "cancer patients deserve better" as new figures reveal that waiting times under the SNP Government are still among the worst on record.
Responding to new figures showing only 63.4% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 21st September, while 3,502 people waited over 8 hours and 1,462 waited over 12 hours, Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
The Liberal Democrats have issued a strong rebuke to the Conservative-led West Sussex County Cabinet for its recommendation to pursue a single county unitary authority despite overwhelming public, stakeholder, and staff opposition.
At our autumn conference, the Liberal Democrats adopted a new motion to reform leasehold. Read about it here.
At the Liberal Democrat Party Conference earlier last week, I was delighted that my amendment to the Lib Dems new policy on the space sector was passed.
