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 (Wednesday 24th January) have given their backing to the LibDems in Wales and Scotland who have pledged to work together for a "more Liberal and Greener Britain" at a summit in London earlier this week.
At today's Full Council meeting at Surrey County Council, the Liberal Democrat group pushed through a call for urgent action to improve the County's highways drainage in the face of increased rainfall due to climate change.
"You may be aware that today I led a debate in the House of Commons over the new Liberal Democrat strategy for bringing British troops home from Iraq by the end of October. You can read and watch more about what I said at http://tinyurl.com/26ykb8
Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Nick Clegg MP visited Chesterfield on Friday. The MP for nearby Sheffield Hallam paid Chesterfield a visit to see the new safety measures employed by Chesterfield Borough Council. Along with Paul Holmes, MP for Chesterfield, Nick visited Chesterfield Police Station on Beetwell Street to discuss the type of crimes local people are facing.
Paul Holmes recently visited the Schoolfriend after school club at William Rhodes Primary School.
Commenting on today's [Tuesday] Public Accounts Committee Report criticising the Government's use of hundreds of leaflets to communicate with the public, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, David Laws MP said:
