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?
Latest news & action from Frank O'Kelly, Lib Dem councillor: working to sort out the financial mess left by Labour councillors & successive Governments; getting fly-tipping cleared; mast; campaigning to save Cippenham library; cleaning the Village Pond.
York’s Liberal Democrats have expressed serious concern at the Council’s efforts to help pensioners access the new means tested Winter Fuel Payment.
North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan has celebrated the ‘outstanding achievement’ of an Oswestry pub who have just been awarded Best Pub in Britain with a Parliamentary motion.
The Lib Dems have introduced a ‘Sunshine Bill’ to parliament. This calls for solar installation to be mandatory on all newly-built housing (wherever practical). In other words, the bill forces Developers to justify why solar power is not designed in.
Bicester Town councillors are pleased to report that despite inflation and rises in National Insurance, they have been able to produce a balanced budget that keeps costs for council tax payers to a minimum whilst maintaining investment.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today responded to a new report by the Office of Budget Responsibility on the impact of changes to agricultural and business property relief on inheritance tax, warning that it confirmed that the changes ar