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?
Colin Ross, Liberal Democrat candidate at the recent General Election, today presented some young volunteers with their awards of outstanding achievement at KIC FM. Colin said "At the beginning of National Volunteering Week and was delighted to be invited to present these awards, these volunteers ensure that KIC FM continues to broadcast and grow."
As part of the National Mosque Open Day, Wolverhampton Liberal Democrats visited the Wolverhampton branch of the UK Islamic Mission on Newhampton Road East. The event was attended by Eileen Birch (Secretary of the Wolverhampton Liberal Democrats) Robin Lawrence (Chair of Wolverhampton South West Liberal Democrats), Lexi Lawrence (St. Peter's ward candidate 2004) and Colin Ross (Wolverhampton South West General Election 2005).
Two by-elections have been called in Epping Forest District. The first will be on Thursday, 23 June 2005 in Lower Sheering Ward on the border with Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire and the other will be on Thursday 30 June in Chigwell Village Ward, whose south-eastern end is on the border with the London Borough of Redbridge.
A new report published in The Lancet has concluded that exposure to high levels of aircraft noise could impair the development of reading and memory in children. Residents of Greatstone and Littlestone have been fighting expansion plans for Lydd Airport due to the proposed increase in the number of flights and size of aircraft that will approach the airport only a few hundred feet above local houses, and the report adds new concerns.
Folkestone Harbour ward campaigners Emily Sanger and Cllr Tessa Caruana are working to tackle local eyesores and litter problems.
Wolverhampton Liberal Democrats have welcomed the news the that the Wolverhampton to Walsall rail service will be fully restored from 12 June. Colin Ross, Wolverhampton South West Candidate and regular service user said "I am delighted that the service will be fully restored, but am concerned that the Strategic Rail Authority are still planning the scrap the service anyway."
