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?
Commenting on revelations today that RBS and HBOS were lent £61.6bn in emergency funding last autumn at the height of the financial panic, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said "Given the sheer size of the support these two banks were receiving, it is astonishing that this was kept secret for over a year. The Government has treated taxpayers like children while expecting them to foot the bill for these banks."
Julia Goldsworthy and Simon Hughes today gave their congratulations to six Liberal Democrat lead cities for their outstanding performance in Forum for the Future's annual league table of sustainable cities.
Mylor Bridge near Falmouth is one of the best villages for elderly people to live in according to locals visiting their weekly lunch club.
National rural champion, Heather Kidd, has been elected onto the Local Government Association Rural Policy Review Group. The Rural Policy Review Group, on behalf of the Rural Commission, fulfils the role of sounding board for policy development and review on rural issues.
It's easy - and understandable - for the recent decision on Dungeness to be seen as a hammer blow to the Marsh economy. The decision to provisionally exclude Dungeness from the list of 10 sites being considered for new Nuclear build seems to put at threat the potential of 600 local jobs - maybe more. Of course we want those jobs locally, and Dungeness has a long and proud association with the safe generation of nuclear power.
In his speech yesterday to the CBI conference in London, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg set out how to foster a rapid recovery and shape a new competitive, sustainable economy.