English Devolution plan: Deafening silence on social care
Commenting ahead of government's English Devolution plan, Liberal Democrat Local Government spokesperson Vikki Slade MP said:
16 Dec 2024
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
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Revealed: 15 years of NHS ambulance time wasted already this winter - up from 10.5 years last year
15 years of ambulance time was wasted through handover delays in the first two weeks of this winter alone - up from 10.5 years over the same period last year, research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
16 Dec 2024
David Green
First Minister urged to face the dangerous realities of Highland healthcare
The First Minister John Swinney has been invited to travel the distance between Caithness and Inverness to experience for himself the distance that patients have to travel for vital healthcare.
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Helen welcomes plans to tackle hospital scan backlog
North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan has welcomed plans to drastically cut the amount of time patients are having to wait for scan results in Shropshire.
16 Dec 2024
The heart breaking truth about children in temporary accommodation
in November 2024, the total number of people in temporary accommodation in Birmingham surpassed 20,000 for the first time, of which, just under half of those were children. In December, the number of children in TA is likely to be over 10,000.
16 Dec 2024
Nursing courses unfilled for third year in a row
Responding to the news that for the third year in a row the number of places on nursing courses has not been filled, with the Royal College of Nursing warning that Scotland does not have the number of nurses it needs to meet health and social care demands
16 Dec 2024