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?
Local Abbey Ward campaigner and resident Simon Sansome will present a petition to the Council meeting this evening regarding planning permission of the Maxi Waste storage facility on Wesley Road, he and local residents want a review of the planning decision.
The announcement by the Government that all UK radio stations will switch over to Digital frequencies early in 2015 has drawn an angry response from Councillors in the West of the County.
Long-running LGBT newspaper the Pink Paper is to cease publishing in print, it was announced today. One of the best known publications for the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities, the Pink Paper began publication in 1987 as a weekly free newspaper, and more recently published every fortnight.
Tim Farron has won a commitment from the Health Minister that the government is making progress towards providing the state of the art life-saving cancer treatment Proton Therapy in the UK. The minister, Anne Keen, said in response to a Parliamentary question from Mr Farron that an announcement will be made in the "very near future".
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has backed the next stage of the Gurkhas fight.
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