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?
The Rt Hon Charles Kennedy MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, today launched his Party's campaign to win the votes of students at the General Election. In a speech to students at the London School of Economics, Mr Kennedy stressed the importance of the student vote, and particularly its role in deciding the results in a number of key seats.
Welcoming the publication of a Dutch report on the economic implications of tackling climate change, Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Norman Baker MP said:
Analysis of opinion polls from January shows the Liberal Democrats scoring more highly than in any January of an election year since political polling began. Looking at all published polls, the party's average poll rating (21.6%) in January 2005 was around eight points above the average Lib Dem rating in January 2001 (13.7%) and nine points above the party's average in January 1997 (12.4%). By contrast Labour are down from an average of 50.6% in 1997 and 48.7% in 2001 to just 37.1% and the Tories score an average of just 32.1%, exactly the same as in January 2001.
Today's front page story concerning the likely rise in Council Tax due to the revaluation of all our houses just highlights the increasing problems this horrendous tax incurs.
Charles Kennedy MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, launched the Liberal Democrats campaign to win the votes of students at the General Election today. In a speech to students at the London School of Economics, Charles stressed the importance of the student vote, and particularly its role in deciding the results in a number of key seats.
Norman Baker MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, commenting on the Climate Change conference being held today at the Hadley Centre in Exeter, said:
