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 Tim Farron will lay out his plan for a better supported tourism sector and will call for a major injection of funds to promoting the Lake District in a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses tonight.
Paul Rowen MP, Liberal Democrat Health and Safety spokesperson, has welcomed a recent report by the BBC into the risks of asbestos in schools. The BBC report highlights the dangers asbestos poses to pupils and staff if it is not managed correctly. A survey carried out showed that around one in five local authorities in England currently have unsatisfactory management of asbestos in their schools.
Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival
Over the summer Surrey County Council (SCC) sent a letter to Moormede residents announcing preliminary plans to introduce a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) in the estate.
Ahead of World Aids Day (1st Dec), a Lib Dem MEP has warned that the prices of AIDS medicines are on the rise again and called for the creation of a patent pool that would help make treatment more affordable and effective for patients suffering from the disease. Fiona Hall MEP has signed a written declaration in the European Parliament calling on governments to support steps taken by UNITAID, an international drug purchasing facility, to create a voluntary patent pool for AIDS medication. The aim is to get different patent-holders to make their patents and other relevant intellectual property available to others, in exchange for royalties from those who use the patents. It is hoped that the patent pool will lower monopoly-related barriers to innovation, accelerate the availability of lower-priced new medicines and reduce the transaction costs of negotiating licences.
On Wednesday 25th November the Priory School invited our PPC Nigel Quinton to a school politics debate. While Nigel represented the Liberal Democrats, chair of governors Charles Lacey spoke from a Tory perspective and headmaster Peter Loach spoke from a Labour party perspective.