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?
Local MP Norman Baker today called for the NHS to publish a public directory for Sussex which clarifies the relationship between many bodies which currently make up the National Health Service, and provides easy to find names, addresses and phone numbers.
Liberal Democrat members in North Wiltshire have chosen Mike Evemy to be their candidate at the next general election.
Liberal Democrat members in North Wiltshire have chosen Mike Evemy to be their candidate at the next general election.
Councillor Alan Taylor is the Leader of the 30 strong group of Liberal Democrats who control Rochdale Council. Here is Alan's Talking Politics Page that will appear in local newspaper The Rochdale Observer.
Bogus workman claiming to be from the water board in order to try to gain access to peoples homes were seen in Charles Crescent on Sunday. The police were called after one resident raised the alarm.
Commenting on reports that the Government's White Paper on House of Lords reform will suggest a chamber half-elected and half-appointed, Liberal Democrat Shadow Constitutional Affairs Secretary, Simon Hughes MP said: "Whatever the contents of the White Paper, Liberal Democrats will continue to press for a predominately elected second chamber. There must be an open and honest debate about the arrangements for an effective second chamber which will properly hold the Government to account. "The objective for all reforms of Parliament is to make sure that the legislature passes good laws and that the executive is held to account."