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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Paul Holmes, MP for Chesterfield, has welcomed a government decision to accept a Liberal Democrat amendment to the Pensions Bill, which is currently going through Parliament. The effect of the government's decision will be to ensure that 40,000 more carers get the basic state pension, including an estimated 66 in Chesterfield and 2860 people across the whole of the East Midlands.
Commenting on the continued failure of the Labour Government to disclose to the public the list of post offices facing closure, Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield said:
Danny Alexander MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Social Exclusion and Disability Spokesperson, today welcomed the completion of the Lords Stages of the Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill. Introduced by Lord Ashley of Stoke, the Private Member's Bill is aimed at tackling the growing gap in social care, and ensuring greater choice and support for disabled people and their carers.
The Liberal Democrats today called for an investigation into leaks that potentially endanger anti-terror investigations. The party has produced a dossier of examples of unofficial briefings from Whitehall and Westminster related to anti-terror cases, which were premature or inaccurate and potentially compromised investigations. This comes after Peter Clarke, Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, said that the people responsible for such leaks should be 'thoroughly ashamed' and that leaks 'put lives at risk'. David Cameron also demanded an inquiry into the incident during PMQs in the Commons today.
A report in The Independent this week showed Labour at a record low in the polls. Just over a week before the local elections and the party has slid to 27 points in the polls, just 5 points ahead of the Liberal Democrats who have been making steady increases in recent months.
Whitby Liberal Democrats launched their 'We Can Cut Crime' campaign in the town on Saturday Morning. Councillor Rob Broadley and Parliamentary Candidate Tania Exley-Moore were joined by Lib Dem local election candidates for Esk Valley and Mulgrave, Graham Peirson and John Stonehouse.
