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?
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John Reid expects to find more problems at the Home Office and has said reforming the department would take two and a half years. He has compared it to peeling back the wall paper to find more problems. This comes after it emerged that the Home Office has failed to block the passports of convicted drug traffickers and Reid was forced to remind judges of the sentencing guidelines because prisons are, says Tony Blair, 'full to bursting point'.
Local MP Norman Baker today called for the NHS to publish a public directory for Sussex which clarifies the relationship between many bodies which currently make up the National Health Service, and provides easy to find names, addresses and phone numbers.
Liberal Democrat members in North Wiltshire have chosen Mike Evemy to be their candidate at the next general election.
Liberal Democrat members in North Wiltshire have chosen Mike Evemy to be their candidate at the next general election.
Councillor Alan Taylor is the Leader of the 30 strong group of Liberal Democrats who control Rochdale Council. Here is Alan's Talking Politics Page that will appear in local newspaper The Rochdale Observer.
Bogus workman claiming to be from the water board in order to try to gain access to peoples homes were seen in Charles Crescent on Sunday. The police were called after one resident raised the alarm.
