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?
In a letter to the Scottish Health Secretary, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has called on the government to explain to parliament why allegations of cruelty at the country’s largest child psychiatric hospital were missed.
Cabinet member for Transport and keen cycler Cllr Peter Candlish celebrates fresh investment in walking and cycling in the city.
I’m delighted to confirm that 18 years after first being elected as Orkney’s MSP, I’ve finally delivered my ‘maiden’ speech in the cattle ring at The Mart. There are many more iconic debating chambers, but few as intimidating.
In her weekly column, Alison Bennett, Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Sussex, discusses the alarming rise in water bills and the government's decision to delay county council elections, and why these decisions are a failure for Sussex residents.
Responding to the latest GDP figures that showed 0.1% growth, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
South Gloucestershire moved one step closer to ending the nightmare of speculative development taking place across the district by approving the Local Plan at its Full Council on 12th Feb in order to move on to the next stage.