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?
Dundee City Council Finance Convener Cllr Fraser Macpherson today (Wednesday 8th March) welcomed news that action by Dundee City Council's finance department helped claw back more than £222,000 in benefit overpayments during a nine-month period last year.
West End Dundee City Councillor Fraser Macpherson has congratulated the Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies for its most recent initiative - an Open Day taking place on Saturday 18th March, to enable all in the local community to visit the Institute and see what the Institute is all about.
The new leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Menzies Campbell has today promoted local MP Tim Farron to become his first Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS). As Sir Menzies' PPS, Tim will be responsible for ensuring that Sir Menzies is kept well informed of backbench opinion and for advising him on current developments within the Parliamentary Party at Westminster.
Tim Farron has today vowed to keep up the pressure on the Prime Minister after the Prime Minister failed to answer the question Tim put to him during Prime Ministers Questions. Tim asked the Prime Minister to act urgently to stop shared ownership properties from being entirely bought out, a process which is eroding the stock of affordable houses in the South Lakes.
Chelmsford Lib Dems have congratulated Ming Campbell on his election as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats. He has pledged to lead the party back towards government at the next general election. He said it was a victory, not just for him, but for all Liberal Democrats because in the last few weeks they had once again confounded the critics and commentators who once again wrote them off by winning in Dunfermline and West Fife.
Cllr Fraser Macpherson has produced his March 2006 update for next week's West End Community Council meeting. The meeting is taking place on Tuesday 14th March (further details are available at www.wecc.org.uk)
