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

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Where was local MP for warm homes vote? Lib Dems ask.

Hinckley and Bosworth Liberal Democrats are asking where Bosworth's MP David Tredinnick was on Friday when MPs voted on a new parliamentary bill aimed at ending fuel poverty.

25 Mar 2009

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CHESTERFIELD COLLEGE LEFT IN LIMBO AS MINISTER REFUSES TO ANSWER A SINGLE QUESTION

Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield stood up for Chesterfield College during a Parliamentary Debate on fiasco of the Building Colleges for the Future programme today.

25 Mar 2009

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Response to Epping Forest College

Councillor Ann Haigh responded to the news that Epping Forest College are reducing the number of A-Levels it currently teaches. Ann said: "I was dismayed to learn that Loughton College intends to reduce the number of A level courses it will provide.The Epping Forest District has no sixth form college and there is great pressure on the sixth form places available at West hatch in Chigwell and many of our young people are travelling to Harlow College to continue their education.An emphasis on vocational learning will not address the needs of those young people who wish to take their studies to graduate level.

25 Mar 2009

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Fuel for Thought - Windsor's Conservative MP Absent from Critical Vote in Parliament

In February 2009 the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead passed a motion, supporting the Fuel Poverty Bill introduced by Lib Dem MP David Heath, with all-party support.

24 Mar 2009

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Consequences of County Hall Tories' Incinerator U-Turn are a Feature of their 'Toxic Legacy'

The Liberal Democrats have slammed the 'toxic legacy' of the Tories at County Hall and repeated their criticism of the u-turn which saw the preferred technology for a new waste treatment plant changed from Mechanical and Biological Treatment to the more environmentally harmful method of incineration.

24 Mar 2009

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MP asks PCT Chief to investigate concerns over Langdale Unit

Local MP Tim Farron has today called on the Chief Executive of the NHS Primary Care Trust to formally investigate serious concerns that the Langdale Unit at Westmorland General Hospital is congested, with many patients on the ward having dementia and who therefore need specialist care. Tim Farron was one of the MPs leading a recent national parliamentary inquiry into the care of people with dementia.

24 Mar 2009

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