JOB CUTS: Council to cut up to 100 jobs in restructure
The Royal Borough has confirmed between 10 and 100 jobs could be axed and several departments merged as part of a major restructuring programme to cut costs.
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15 Jan 2010
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?
Liberal Democrats Launch Manifesto Housing Pledge
The Liberal Democrats today set out plans to bring a quarter of a million empty homes back into use, making homes available for people who need them and creating 65,000 jobs. There are over 760,000 empty properties across England which are no longer used as homes but can be brought back into use with some investment. People who own these homes will get a grant or a cheap loan to renovate them so they can be used: grants if the home is for social housing, loans for private use.
15 Jan 2010
'Mayor's big bash just too expensive'
The Mayor of the Royal Borough has hit back at criticism that his charity ball is overpriced by revealing that Prince Philip will be in attendance.
15 Jan 2010
Tories can't be trusted on NHS
"The time has come for David Cameron to be honest with the British public," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary.
15 Jan 2010
Rowen criticises PCT for failing to prioritise war veterans
The Government's scheme for giving war veterans priority NHS treatment is being ignored by Pennine Acute Trust according to research from the Liberal Democrats.
15 Jan 2010
Sedbergh residents welcome tougher action on Horse Fair
MP Tim Farron this morning chaired a meeting of police, council officials and local residents in Sedbergh to develop plans to prevent a repeat of last year's anti-social behaviour by a minority of travellers in the weeks preceding Appleby Horse Fair. The Horse Fair begins in the first week of June, but the anti-social behaviour plagued residents from 9 May onwards last year.
15 Jan 2010