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?
Cllr Fraser Macpherson, Liberal Democrat Councillor for the West End today (Saturday 8th December) launched his December 2007 Update to West End Community Council.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Friday 7th December) welcomed the Scottish Parliament's decision yesterday to endorse the establishment of a new Constitutional Commission.
Liberal Democrat MP and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming Tim Farron has welcomed the fine handed out to Asda and Sainsbury's in light of their guilty plea to price-fixing charges, but has said the fine was nowhere near sufficient.
It is with great sadness we have to report that Neville Reed, a long-standing Delga executive member, passed away last week. Our thoughts and wishes go with his family and friends. Neville was our Treasurer for some seven years up to the end of 2006, when he stepped down from the executive, and will be greatly missed throughout both the organisation and wider Liberal Democrat circles.
Liberal Democrat Acting Leader Vince Cable has warned that a house market crash is a real possibility and that the Government needs to act now to ensure that millions of people do not face the misery of negative equity and repossessions. This comes after figures show that the average UK household debt to disposable income ratio is up from 92% 1997 to 152% today.
UK secondary school students have slipped down an international league table of reading and maths standards. Based on test results in 2006 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the UK has lost the top 10 positions it held for both subjects seven years ago. This follows figures released last week, which showed that the UK had tumbled down the league table for school science.
