Tom Gordon MP votes in favour of WASPI compensation bill
On Tuesday this week, a vote took place in Parliament on compensation for WASPI women. Tom was amongst the MPs who voted in favour
29 Jan 2025
Save our green belt
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.
Save our green belt
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Avon & Somerset PCSOs numbers slashed as Adam Dance calls on Government to back community policing
60 police community support officers (PCSOs) have been taken off streets in Avon & Somerset in just one year, new Home Office statistics have revealed, as Adam Dance urges the Government to back community policing.
29 Jan 2025
Steve Darling MP votes for compensation for 6,930 WASPI women in Torbay
In a vote in Parliament yesterday, Liberal Democrat MP for Torbay, Steve Darling voted for and sponsored a “Ten Minute Bill” calling for compensation to WASPI women.
29 Jan 2025
Tackling the devastating impact of hare coursing in Ely and East Cambridgeshire
The recent outbreak of hare coursing in Cambridgeshire has been deeply upsetting and distressing for local people across a wide area.
29 Jan 2025
Rennie responds to embargoed child poverty report
Responding to an embargoed report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation that indicates one in five children in Scotland will still be in poverty by the end of the decade, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
29 Jan 2025
JRF poverty report: government has done next to nothing to tackle this “poverty pandemic”
Responding to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s annual poverty report which found almost one in three children in England will be in poverty by 2029, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
29 Jan 2025