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?
To mark Mesothelioma Awareness Day, balloons will be released tomorrow in Chesterfield Town Centre in memory of all those who have been made ill by exposure to asbestos. Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield Paul Holmes said:
Liberal Democrats in Chesterfield will be travelling to the party conference in Harrogate this weekend to back a move to make housing in Chesterfield warmer, greener and more affordable.
The Department of Constitutional Affairs (now the Ministry of Justice) in November 2006 issued new regulations aimed at improving disabled people's access to the electoral system. These regulations focus on the voting system itself but little attention has been paid to how parties communicate their messages.
Epping Forest Liberal Democrats have contacted Essex Policing after a leaflet informing residents how to contact their local neighbourhood policing team displayed the wrong number.
Park Ward's February Focus carried a piece about cluster bombs from Local MEP Liz Lynne and a petition calling on the Prime Minister to support the ban on these weapon's. At an international conference in Oslo, the Government announced a decision to agree to a declaration calling for a treaty banning cluster bombs.
The Liberal Democrats have voted against the extension of control orders when the Commons debated their renewal. Writing in today's Guardian, Lib Dem Shadow Home Secretary Nick Clegg explains that the party want the orders, which can range from tagging to virtual house arrest, repealed and replaced by a package of new measures to strengthen our ability to prosecute terror suspects in court.
