Retirement Flats Shouldn’t Be a Financial Trap
In her weekly column, Alison Bennett, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex examines the challenges that some owners of retirement flats are facing.
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?
In her weekly column, Alison Bennett, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex examines the challenges that some owners of retirement flats are facing.
One in 10 waits for GP appointments were longer than a month in some areas with a record 20.5 million waits of at least 28 days or longer last year, research by the House of Commons Library, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats, has revealed.
Liberal Democrats have long championed a more responsible and transparent planning system, one that delivers the homes people need in the right places, not just profits for developers.
Responding to news that Donald Trump has paused higher tariffs against most countries for 90 days, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
Conservative councillors have voted against a Liberal Democrat proposal to work towards making Bromley an Age Friendly Community – a move slammed by the Lib Dems as showing a lack of care and concern for the borough’s older population.
Local Lib Dem MP, Helen Maguire, slams jobs tax with employees in Epsom & Ewell facing financial hit of up to £4025