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.
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Liberal Democrat - Chair of the Rochdale Township - Cllr. Alan Taylor is calling for urgent action to redevelop Rochdale Town Centre. Cllr. Taylor will be working with the Township as a matter of urgency to look for opportunities to increase customer and business interest in the Town Centre.
Commenting on the reports that the US has proposed a 45 day delay in any decision by the United Nations on Darfur, Parmjit Singh Gill, Member of Parliament for Leicester South, said:
Some of the press and the Tories are claiming that Eastern Region Assembly is an un-elected quango controlled by Labour and the Lib Dems. Neither statement is true.
The Conservative Campaign in Rochdale is in tatters as 2 of their Councillors have quit the party and joined the Liberal Democrats. Cllrs. Wera and William Hobhouse have cited their concerns about the former TBA site as their primary reason for defecting.
Today, the Government has released recycling figures for each region in the country. Analysis by Parmjit Singh Gill, Member of Parliament for Leicester, South can now reveal that the East Midlands lags behind the national average improvement for recycling. While welcoming the overall increase recycling levels, Parmjit is now calling for reform on the way these figures are collected.
Commenting on the Government's announcement of £1billion worth of funding for biotechnology, Liberal Democrat Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary, Andrew George MP said:
