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?
Shepway Lib Dems are backing to no2id campaign against a compulsory id card scheme and national identity database. The local Liberal Democrats will be backing the campaign on their web site, and also through local campaigning.
The plan to display a Eurotunnel boring machine by junction 13 of the M20 has been rejected by Shepway Council after a planning meeting. Councillors decided the proposed siting of the machine to be too close to the roundabout at the junction and unsuitable for an area of outstanding natural beauty.
The new enlarged Surrey County Council (now with 80 members) met formally for the first time on 24th May. A new chair (David Davis) and vice-chair (Angela Fraser) were elected. The previous leader Nick Skellett was re-elected and announced his new cabinet, including three new faces.
Responding to the publication of the Identity Cards Bill, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Mark Oaten MP, said "If there was ever any doubt that the costs of this scheme were going to spiral out of control, the new figures should put paid to them. £93 is a ludicrous amount of money to ask people to pay, especially when you consider the combined cost for a family with children over the age of 16."
Parliamentary candidate Hannah Hedges was jubilant last night as Liberal Democrats came second behind Peter Lilley, the Conservative candidate. in the general election, with Labour in third place. Hannah Hedges said "This was a very good night for the local Liberal Democrats. We all worked hard for this results and we are grateful for the strong support for the Lib-Dems in this constituency. We increased our vote by over 4,000 and our share of the vote increased from 18% to 26%".
Commenting on today's agreement by the richest fifteen EU member states to set a new spending goal in the fight against world poverty, Andrew George MP, Liberal Democrat International Development Spokesperson, said "The new spending goal of 0.51 % is by far not ambitious enough. Four EU countries have already achieved the UN target of 0.7%."
