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?
Disabled children should be better represented in story books to increase children's understanding and awareness of disabilities, a charity says. Scope said there were 770,000 disabled children in the UK who had "virtually no role models in literature".
On the day Sir Rod Eddington publishes the conclusions of his study into the effects of transport on economic growth, competition and productivity, the Liberal Democrats have released their own strategy.
The Liberal Democrats on Bedfordshire County Council are calling on the council to resist the government's introduction of ID cards. Deputy leader of the Lib Dem Group Cllr Susan Gaszczak has put a motion to council to ensure that resident's data is protected and access to services will not require ID cards.
South West Water, responsible for the highest water bills in the country, has today (Thursday) announced massive profits, causing outrage amongst Cornish MPs.
Local MP Tim Farron has slammed the Government over the annual grant settlement for South Lakeland District Council.
The Liberal Democrats on Bedfordshire County Council are calling on the council to resist the government's introduction of ID cards. Deputy leader of the Lib Dem Group Cllr Susan Gaszczak has put a motion to council to ensure that resident's data is protected and access to services will not require ID cards.
