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?
New MPs Lisa Smart and Tom Morrison have written to United Utilities chief executive Louise Beardmore requesting a face to face meeting to challenge the water company on the levels of sewage dumping in local rivers and waterways.
The current administration has used up 52% of the reserves they inherited. This money can only be spent once
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has backed calls for the incoming Labour government to uphold international law and support efforts towards a lasting peace in Israel and Palestine...
Dundee City Councillor for Broughty Ferry, Craig Duncan, today expressed his grave concerns over Dundee City Council’s inability to open two key local attractions which the council normally operates in Broughty Ferry.
The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to hold a COBRA meeting to coordinate an urgent response to the IT outage causing major disruption including to airlines, railways and GP surgeries.
Helen Morgan spoke about Planning, Greenbelt and Rural Affairs in the King's Speech debate as both Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Local Government, and as a rural MP. She urged the new Government to consider rural priorities in all new legislation.