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?
Patients in hospices in the UK and the Republic of Ireland may not be receiving the psychiatric care they need, a study has suggested. A survey of 166 hospices found 45% did not have any access to a psychiatrist or psychological care, the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine reported. The study is published as a Mori poll shows the majority of people think the government should boost hospice funds.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Friday 1st December) reinforced their concerns about the collapse of Farepak and the resulting misery for thousands of savers in the run-up to Christmas.
A planning application has been resubmitted for the Jarvis Porter site on Coventry Road. Developers want to replace the existing building with a retail park. This will comprise a drive-through restaurant, a series of large retail warehouses and car parking.
Over the past year a number of measures to have been put in place at West End to improve community safety and reduce anti-social behaviour and today the latest step was officially recognised when Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne visited the village to see the progress that has been made.
The Chairman-elect of Bosworth Liberal Democrats, Stuart Bray, has today launched the new website for the Liberal Democrats in Hinckley and Bosworth.
Research out today shows that 70% of parents of disabled children struggle to give information to their children about their impairments and what is happening to them.
