Disabled fears over station plan
Wheelchair users are warning that a new scheme for Bath Spa railway station could put disabled people at risk.
30 Nov 2007
Save our green belt
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.
Save our green belt
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Cash to help disabled volunteers
A Derbyshire charity has been given £166,000 to help young disabled people to become volunteers.
30 Nov 2007
Disabled staff in Remploy protest
A group of disabled workers have staged a sit-in at the head office of the government's biggest department.
30 Nov 2007
Most AMs want extra disabled cash
Most assembly members have backed a call for £21m to be safeguarded to support disabled children in Wales.
30 Nov 2007
Remploy factory closures go ahead
Twenty-eight of Remploy's 83 factories employing disabled workers are to close, Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain has said. Ministers have said Remploy factories cost too much, but unions argue that the government is not doing enough to bring in business. The closures could mean up to 2,000 jobs will be lost. The government said 17 factories would close and 11 would be merged with other Remploy sites.
30 Nov 2007
Funding for homes for disabled
Nearly £70,000 of government funding to improve homes for people with learning disabilities at two group homes in Fenland has been agreed. Camb's Learning Disability Partnership (LDP) provides the accommodation, at Wisbech and Whittlesey, for eight learning disabled adults.
30 Nov 2007
