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?
Speaking in Communities and Local Government Questions in the House of Commons today, Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield, asked the Secretary of State: "What change there has been in the number of households on council waiting lists for social housing since 1997?
She was born with a rare disability which her son Archie inherited. Now Emma Bowler is about to give birth to a child without the condition ...
Derby councillor Wendy Harbon had to cancel a tour of a city hospital because she spent the day in casualty following a car crash.
This week's likely publication of the Government's white paper on their proposals to replace the Child Support Agency has led Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Monday 11th December) to demand that the CSA's replacement much be much more effective than the "disastrously failed CSA has been."
The December edition of Park Ward's Focus is now being delivered. There is s PDF version in the Download section of this site.
Commenting on the figures released today by Arts & Business showing that private support for the Arts has grown to £530 million, Liberal Democrat Arts and Culture Spokesman, Paul Holmes MP, said: "The level of individual giving to the arts is remarkable. The £262.4 million donated last year shows the public is ever more enthusiastic about the arts, and especially heritage.
