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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Simon Hughes MP congratulates David Whiteing on selection

David Whiteing chosen to fight Danbury, Lt. Baddow & Sandon

There is to be a Borough Council by-election on November 11th for the Danbury, Little Baddow & Sandon seat, following the death of Cllr. Maurice Hurrell. Our Lib Dem candidate is a local resident, David Whiteing, referred to by some as 'Mr. Danbury'. David is fighting on three fronts: To inject some sense into the traffic system through the village, to fight inappropriate developments that threaten green space, and to fight for increased re-cycling to lessen the chances of a large waste plant at Sandon.

4 Nov 2004

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Peter Carroll with local residents outside Warren Road's Post Office during the campaign to save it

Carroll fights Post Office Threat

Shepway Lib Dem Peter Carroll is urging all residents to support his campaign to safeguard the Main Post Office in Folkestone. It has emerged that 270 of the 560 Main Post Offices in the country may be closed or sold off in new plans.

2 Nov 2004

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WOKING MP SILENT ON BLACK WATCH

In spite of a request from Dr Anne Lee to the Woking Conservative MP to ask for a vote in the House of Commons before British troops were sent out of UK control, he has not argued for this in the House of Commons. Dr Lee said "I would contend that this decision was not 'just an operational matter', it was a new and strategic decision. We have subjected our forces to a much increased risk.

2 Nov 2004

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Stephen Robinson says, "Climate of Fear is Undermining Civil Liberties"

The Government is deliberately creating a climate of fear over terrorism and crime to force through changes that threaten people's civil liberties," says Stephen Robinson, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for West Chelmsford. He was speaking to a group of local student and youth members in Chelmsford and attacked David Blunkett, Home Secretary, for using a post-9/11 fear among the public to push through measures which compromised our civil liberties.

1 Nov 2004

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Shock at Folkestone Phone Mast

Local Lib Dems Peter Carroll and Cllr Tessa Caruana have joined local residents in their fight against the new phone mast on a building in Highfield Industrial Estate near Warren Road. The mast appeared without warning a few days ago and local people were not consulted at all.

1 Nov 2004

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Lib Dems highlight water concerns in new homes plan

A plan to build 800 more homes at Bolnore Village could have worrying consequences for local residents, comments Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesman Serena Tierney.

1 Nov 2004

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