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?
I am writing this letter to remind Rochdale residents that later this year the Granada region will be going digital. On November 4th the traditional BBC2 transmission will be turned off and the other terrestrial channels (BBC1, ITV1 and Channels Four and Five) will be switched off on December 2nd. After this time you will need digital equipment to be able to watch television.
Less than a year since they took the decision to maintain the service until 2011 the Tory administration at County Hall has decided to axe the very popular Pegasus buses from the end of the current school year. The decision to discontinue the service has been made without consultation with parents or the schools.
Wolverhampton's Liberal Democrat Euro MP Liz Lynne has welcomed Transport Secretary Lord Adonis's call for Birmingham to be made the centre of a 250 mph high speed rail network to progressively replace short haul air travel in western Europe.
"If you want things to be different, really different, choose the party that is different" - Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
BHA Vice President Professor Richard Dawkins spoke at the joint British Humanist Association (BHA) and Humanist and Secularist Liberal Democrats' (HSLD) fringe event at the Liberal Democrat annual conference in Bournemouth.
The latest Ipsos Mori Poll published on 29th September shows the Conservatives are losing voters to the Liberal Democrats, whilst Labour have slipped into third place.