9 Oct 2009
Save our green belt
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.
Save our green belt
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Who'd be a Social Worker?
Having been to an excellent (and very well attended by Councillors from all Parties) briefing session on Safeguarding Children at Kent County Council today, I have even more respect for those who have to do the difficult, and often harrowing, job of helping to safeguard children - within Kent and elsewhere. There was a lot to digest and think about, but one set of figures stood out.
9 Oct 2009
BUS COMPANY DIRECTOR TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO TRURO RESIDENTS
Children in Truro have been left stranded after First Devon and Cornwall Bus Company cancelled the service which took them to school claiming a lack of commercial viability and support from Cornwall Council meant the route was not viable.
9 Oct 2009
Shepway Council Misled Sandgate on Car Park Income
Shepway Councillor Tim Prater has slammed Shepway Council Leader Robert Bliss for misleading local residents on the income being raised through the recently imposed charges on Castle Road Car Park in Sandgate.
9 Oct 2009
Labour MP admits Labour Government disappoints
Wolverhampton South West Labour MP Rob Marris has this week admitted that the Labour Government has disappointed local residents. He also conceded the disappointment "has been apparent for some time".
9 Oct 2009
Churchill's legacy on human rights disavowed by the Conservatives
Conservative enthusiasm for human rights it seems now extends to repealing the Human Rights Act and replacing it with an ill-defined Bill of Rights as one their key priorities for any new government. Its seems the Human Rights Act which enshrined the European convention on human rights, which was signed by the UK in 1951, and inspired by Winston Churchill, are far too radical for today's Conservative Party. Which rights are they against - freedom of expression, a prohibition on torture, a right to a fair trial?
9 Oct 2009