Drum Brae / Gyle
Road repairs underway
Much-needed road and pavement repairs across Drum Brae/Gyle are now underway, with several streets in the area already having been repaired.
6 Aug 2024
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?
Cost of Living
Wokingham’s Liberal Democrat MP has written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions seeking justice for WASPI women.
Wokingham’s Liberal Democrat MP has written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions seeking justice for WASPI women.
6 Aug 2024
Number of people stuck in hospital reaches new high
Responding to new Public Health Scotland figures which showed 1,991 were stuck in hospital in June due to their discharge being delayed, the highest number of people delayed since the guidelines were updated in 2016, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex
6 Aug 2024
Scot Lib Dems criticise SNP exam failings
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today congratulated pupils on their exam results but raised concerns over falling pass rates, the rising attainment gap and errors which have seen pupils receive blank emails in place of their grades
6 Aug 2024
Police office numbers are lowest on record
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today urged SNP ministers to get serious over the funding challenges facing policing as new figures reveal that police officer numbers are now at their lowest level on record.
6 Aug 2024
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Planning Reforms and the Local Plan
I wrote my last column on the local plan before deputy prime minister Angela Rainer’s announcement on 30 July of proposed changes to the planning system.
6 Aug 2024