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?
A change in the procedures for scrutiny has been proposed which will have the effect of restricting scrutiny of key Council decisions. If the change is passed by the Council it will be impossible for LibDem Councillors to call a scrutiny committee meeting to review a decision.
The Brentwood and Ongar MP was at the centre of slow motion car crash television when he defended having a second home on Question Time this week.
THE leader of the opposition in Brentwood has called on MP Eric Pickles to stop claiming a second home allowance.
"We are in the early stages of a crisis of great severity and unpredictable consequences. It is now broadly recognised that, barring an improbably sudden recovery, the financial and economic upheaval is much more serious than those experienced, at least in the developed world, since the second world war. What should be done?": The Storm, Vince Cable
80% of those replying to Ann Haigh's recent survey said that the Conservative run county council was wrong to put £18 million of their money into the county's bank account.
Wolverhampton South West Liberal Democrats have reiterated their call for a review of the governance arrangements of Wolverhampton Homes Ltd to be completed speedily and for investment in housing across Wolverhampton.