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?
Walton South Liberal Democrat councillors have been working with Halfway businesses and Elmbridge Borough Council to improve the look and feel of Halfway. Recently organising a flower planting event on Halfway Green, bringing the community together.
Wokingham’s MP received assurances from LINK, the organisation responsible for setting up banking hubs, that they will publish a decision on whether to bring a hub to Wokingham within the next few weeks.
Local MP Gideon Amos has vowed to keep fighting for Wellington’s new railway station – despite a ministerial meeting on the project being cancelled.
More than 100 farms in Taunton and Wellington could be hit by the “tractor tax” following the government’s decision to cut inheritance tax relief for farms. Local MP Gideon Amos is this week calling on the government to scrap the tax hike.
On Sunday, the Lib Dem team joined services across Trafford to remember those who have given their lives for their country.
Scottish Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson Paul McGarry has today said that the SNP government must do more to lift up the economy and tackle the housing crisis after new figures revealed there has been a drop in planning applications across almost ev