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?
From 8pm 22 January 2010) the A320 northbound route through Victoria Arch will be closed for 6 to 8 weeks to undertake the replacement of gas mains at the junction of Goldsworth Road and Victoria Way to Market Square, Woking Town Centre. This work will be done by Southern Gas Networks.
A leading local Liberal Democrat has backed an action plan to get unemployed young people back into work.
Do you know a young man or woman who has recently left college or university and finds they can't get job?
Lynne Beaumont has announced a first meeting for a new project to boost eco-tourism across Romney Marsh. Lynne, a local Councillor and the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Folkestone and Hythe, is promoting an umbrella scheme across Romney Marsh, from Rye to Hythe, under the flag of "Eco-Tourism".
Protecting services like schools, the Royal Victoria Hospital, Fire Services and Post Offices. Fighting Lydd Airport expansion. Justice for Gurkhas. All are campaigns I've fought alongside local people in the last 4 years.
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"Gordon Brown should explain his role in this disastrous foreign policy failure," said the Liberal Democrat Leader.