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?
Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Saturday 14th October) said that today's Scottish LibDem Autumn Conference in Dunfermline is further evidence of the party's growing strength throughout Scotland.
The ability to obtain advanced rheumatoid arthritis drugs on the NHS is still determined by where patients live, a study has suggested.
Dundee City Council's Liberal Democrat Finance Convener, Cllr Fraser Macpherson, has today (Saturday 14th October) said that the Scottish Nationalists' vast spending pledges "simply do not add up."
West End Liberal Democrat Councillor Fraser Macpherson today (Saturday 14th October) issued his latest FOCUS newsletter for the West End.
Commenting on the announcement that the Government is considering a climate change bill in the forthcoming Queen's speech, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Chris Huhne MP said: "Targets are a good first step, but if targets could solve problems this would be the best governed country in the world. Where Labour and the Tories have fallen down is in failing to propose practical measures to change our behaviour, such as green taxes, better energy efficiency schemes for homes and tougher vehicle emission standards."
Around 100 students at Boswells college, Springfield, heard from Chelmsford Liberal Democrat Stephen Robinson this Monday. The college has a weekly programme of outside speakers.
