Dorking South & Holmwoods YFS grants
Find out which local organisations have been nominated fro grants
10 Jun 2025
Save our green belt
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.
Save our green belt
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Cole-Hamilton: Crisis-hit care sector deserves better than a dog’s dinner
Ahead of a final vote in the Scottish Parliament on the Care (Reform) Scotland Bill, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said carers deserve better and that the SNP should apologise for making “a dog’s dinner” of the legislat
10 Jun 2025
Workforce figures: clear the Govt must change course
Responding to the latest workforce figures which show unemployment and the number on jobless benefits rising, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
10 Jun 2025
Local Issues
MP voices disappointment at NatWest closure in Yate
Thornbury and Yate MP Claire Young has expressed her disappointment after it was announced the Yate branch of NatWest bank is to close in September.
10 Jun 2025
News
Resetting EU-UK Relations
At Lancaster House on 19 May 2025, the Prime Minister and EU Commission announced what they called a "landmark reset” of post‑Brexit relations.
9 Jun 2025
Plymouth Lib Dem councillor champions support for vulnerable children at meeting of City Council
At last week’s full City Council meeting [2 June], Plymouth Liberal Democrat councillor Dylan Tippetts raised Labour’s cuts to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund with the cabinet member for children’s social services.
9 Jun 2025
