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?
Speaking after the cross-party summit on tackling youth violence and knife crime, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and former youth worker Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Sevenoaks District Council is currently experiencing significant political upheaval. What was once a Conservative-controlled council has become a "No Overall Control" authority following major divisions within the Conservative group.
After pressure from children’s charities and Liberal Democrats in Parliament, the government has announced an extension of Free School Meals to all children whose parents claim universal credit.
A Liberal Democrat MP is celebrating the victory of her campaign to abolish the Vacancy Act, which makes sleeping rough a criminal offence.
Responding to the Chancellor refusing to rule out tax rises on LBC this morning, Sarah Olney MP, Liberal Democrat Business Spokesperson, said:
Bretton Avenue prefab post-war bungalows were occupied by people who had lost their homes in the bombing. Most properties have been upgraded with new bathrooms and kitchens over the last 75 years. But one has not.
