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?
Responding to the University of Edinburgh warning its staff of an ‘urgent’ gap in financial stability which could result in programmes and schools being closed, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
The Conservative administration at East Sussex County Council has voted down a Liberal Democrat amendment that would have saved vital social care facilities across the county, including the Phoenix Centre in Lewes.
For the second time in 10 years, Aldi will Appeal against the Borough Council's planning refusal.
Today, it was announced that Ofwat will investigate the largest water company in England and Wales, Thames Water (TW), after delays to essential schemes to protect and improve the local environment.
The Government has recently announced that, whilst the rebuild of Frimley Park Hospital will go ahead as scheduled, construction of the new Basingstoke Hospital has been significantly delayed, to the dismay of local residents, as well as MP Alex Brewer.
Alex and her Lib Dem colleagues are working hard in Parliament to tackle the climate crisis and to save local ecosystems, launching a wide range of green policy initiatives early this year.