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.
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Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Responding to the Government announcing concessions on the welfare bill, Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions spokesperson Steve Darling MP said:
We are pleased to welcome Dr Julian Huppert, the former MP for Cambridge and a Patron of Humanists UK, who now runs the Intellectual Forum at Jesus College, Cambridge. The event will be online on Tuesday 15th July 2025 at 7:30pm.
Thornbury & Yate’s MP Claire Young has backed a key Liberal Democrat amendment to the controversial welfare bill, in a bid to stop it from becoming law to shield carers and those most at risk of losing support from the planned cuts.
"The Personal Independent Payments system is a lifeline for those who claim it. It allows them to live a full and meaningful life." says Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Heywood and Middleton, Tom Shaw.
Lewes constituency MP James MacCleary calls for regulator to step in and hold Royal Mail to account as local delivery targets missed
The Southwark Liberal Democrats have reiterated their call to urgently review the use of Bouygues, a housing construction firm, following damning investigations by the BBC into balcony collapses in Barking in 2023, which were constructed by Bouygues.
