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.
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Local Lib Dem candidate Stephen Robinson returned from party conference having been interviewed on ITV as coming from 'one of the most winnable constituencies in the region'. You can watch the interview just over two thirds of the way through the programme on the ITV website (see link at end of story).
Mike Lynch is fighting for the 49 bus to be returned to Throckley.
The European Commission has launched a web site that will allow entrepreneurs and other stakeholders to provide the EU executive with tips on improving European legislation and reducing the bureaucratic red tape faced by businesses.
There is to be an urgent review of the law protecting those who intervene in criminal situations in England and Wales, the government has said. Justice Secretary Jack Straw, who has been a "have-a-go hero" four times, told Labour conference he wanted to clarify "that the law is on the side of the citizen".
Local MP Tim Farron is today writing to Farming Minister Lord Rooker to ask that the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs looks into doubling, or at least increasing the Hill Farm Allowance fund, which currently stands at £27 million. The reason behind the request is the particular suffering that hill farmers have had to endure this year with poor weather and especially the hardship caused because of the animal movement restrictions imposed following foot and mouth.
In a Today programme interview this week Gordon Brown rejected suggestions the government had known early on about Northern Rock's problems but had failed to act in time to prevent a run on the bank. Chancellor Alistair Darling told Labour's conference that there are "lessons to be learnt" following the Northern Rock bank crisis. Mr Darling announced on Saturday that he is considering guaranteeing people's savings held in a bank or building society up to £100,000.
