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?
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today responded to the announcement that the UK will increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today [25 February] met with farmers from across the UK at the National Farmers’ Union London Conference to discuss their concerns about the future of farming.
Danny has called on the government to stop the planned rise in energy bills
24th February: during a parliamentary debate on the minimum age for social media use, Tom Gordon intervened when the issue of banning mobile phones in schools was raised.
Responding to new statistics showing that the number of full-time equivalent places delivered by colleges dropped to 116,602 in 2023-24, the lowest on record and falling by more than 8,000 places in a single year, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spoke
Following a series of new statistics revealing long waiting lists, gaps in dental provision and pressure on social care services, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has said that the SNP has completely run out of ideas for how to addr