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?
MEPs have approved an updated EU law which aims to streamline existing regulations on cosmetics and increase their safety. The proposals increase manufacturers' responsibility for safety whilst cutting red tape.
Following Conservative reductions of the number of opposition members on scrutiny panels in Windsor and Maidenhead and their introduction of the zero debate initiative (allowing the Conservative leader to certify council items as not open to discussion) the Conservative attack on Democracy has spread to neighbouring Spelthorne.
The project to build a giant incinerator near Stewartby to burn Bedfordshire's waste has suffered a major setback after the Government refused to include the scheme in its latest award of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funding for waste treatment projects. This is the second occasion on which the Government has rebuffed a PFI bid for waste treatment in Bedfordshire after it withdrew a £30 million funding offer in 2006, and leaves the troubled bid for a giant incinerator in an uncertain position.
Mike Evemy North Wiltshire prospective Lib Dem MP is calling for life saving fire and flood cover across North Wiltshire to be protected.
Mike Evemy North Wiltshire prospective Lib Dem MP is calling for life saving fire and flood cover across North Wiltshire to be protected.
Tens of thousands of people across Hinckley and Bosworth are being asked their views on the state of local health services.