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?
Following the annual fisheries round with the UK, Norway and European Union there are cuts in some quotas for important species including cod, reduced by 20%, and herring by 23.9%.
Local MP Gideon Amos again stressed the case for the Wellington and Cullompton stations reopening project in Parliament. His comments came in a debate on public transport and followed two meetings with the Rail Minister, Lord Hendy.
Lib Dems ensure all can access 1-hour free parking amidst the introduction of controversial car parking fees.
Adam Dance, MP for Yeovil, has called on the government to scrap its “damaging” increase in employers’ National Insurance Contributions (NICs), warning of the harmful impact on local small businesses
Kent and Medway Resilience Forum announcement of Operation Brock in the run-up to Christmas 2024.
Local MP Tim Farron, and Rishi Sunak the MP for neighbouring Richmond & Northallerton, met with the Roads Minister Lillian Greenwood this week to make the case for the planned A66 upgrade to go ahead.