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?
The freedom for residents to use recycling centres will be protected - after Lib Dems scrapped disastrous Tory plans to reduce opening hours, and force users to pre-book visits.
Responding to GDP falling by 0.3% in April, the first month of figures since the employers’ national insurance rise came into effect and Trump’s tariffs came into effect, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
Responding to the Spending Review, Liberal Democrat MP for Thornbury & Yate Claire Young has criticised the Government for neglecting farming, policing, and local rail services – saying that more needs to be done to deliver real change for people.
Claire Young MP has urged the Prime Minister to take action to stop parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) from being prosecuted for failings within the system that result in children missing out on key classroom time.
"The UK Government must recognise Palestine as an independent state now", Calum Miller MP, Lib Dem Foreign Affairs Spokesperson told the UK Labour Government on Tues 10 June. Slough Lib Dem Cllrs (see photo) support the Lib Dem campaign to help Palestine
Responding to the Spending Review today (Wednesday 11th June) Liberal Democrat Victoria Collins, MP for Harpenden & Berkhamsted, has criticised the government for yet again failing to give the social care crisis the urgency it requires.
