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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Park Ward's Liberal Democrat candidate, Claire Darke, is calling for a blitz on unsightly graffiti. Walls, post boxes, telephone kiosks and even footpaths can be seen disfigured with spray paint. Claire said, "It can make any neighbourhood look shabby, rundown and neglected. It is very difficult to catch the offenders but if their mess is not removed quickly then more follows and the downward slide has begun."
The Liberal Democrats' new spokesperson in the House of Commons on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues is Jo Swinson. At 27 Jo is one of the youngest MPs in the house, winning the new seat of East Dunbartonshire in 2005. She was appointed Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland after Ming Campbell's election as party leader last year, and now takes on the Women and Equality portfolio which includes LGBT rights.
In this week's Liberal Democrat reshuffle, Ming Campbell has moved Lorely Burt from the Shadow Women & Equalities post - which covers lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues - to work alongside Lembit Opik on business, enterprise and regulatory reform.
The Conservatives running Surrey County Council have thrown out Liberal Democrat proposals to increase public involvement in its affairs by agreeing in principle to the webcasting of meetings. They also vetoed proposals to permit members of the public to address meetings of the full Council.
Various news items in Eaglescliffe Ward
At his first Prime Minister's questions, Gordon Brown was challenged by Menzies Campbell over his promise to bring change to government. Sir Menzies asked the new PM if he would announce a withdrawal timetable from Iraq, re-open the inquiry into allegations of corruption over arms sales, or announce a renegotiation of the one-sided extradition treaty with America. Mr Brown declined to do any of these. Sir Menzies then asked Mr Brown if he would abandon his "headlong rush" to new nuclear power stations, link tax more to pollution or scrap the council tax. Once again the new PM refused to make any of these changes.
