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?
Responding to NFU Mutual's new Rural Crime Report, which shows that the cost of rural crime rose to £52.8m in 2023, LiberalDemocrat Rural Affairs Spokesperson Tim Farron MP said:
In my maiden speech delivered in the House of Commons on Friday, July 26, I celebrated a few of Mid Sussex’s brilliant voluntary organisations.
In my second week as an MP, I attended my first Kings Speech. This is the moment when the government lays out its key intentions for the year ahead.
Long serving councillor and campaigner retires due to ill health
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today revealed that the maintenance bill for the CalMac fleet has risen 55% in a year to over £41m as he said that the SNP have let down islanders for too long.
Talking with voters after the 2024 General Election and thinking of the future