Insight - The Inherited Black Hole!
Keir Starmer has failed to acknowledge the biggest black hole in our economy, is Brexit.
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?
Keir Starmer has failed to acknowledge the biggest black hole in our economy, is Brexit.
I thought I would share a little of what I have been up to during recess. I realise that this may not be typical, because as a new MP, much of my time has been spent on sorting out a constituency office, and recruiting people to work for me.
46,264 pensioners in the New Forest at risk of losing the £300 fuel payment this winter.
On the floor of the House of Commons this afternoon, South Lakes MP Tim Farron secured a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner to discuss plans to build a memorial for the Windermere Children
Speaking ahead of the Finance Secretary's statement on the Scottish Government budget, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Gideon Amos, the Liberal Democrat MP for Taunton and Wellington, has backed a motion in Parliament to block government plans to scrap Winter Fuel Payments for most pensioners.