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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In a further step to improve community safety the local MP Chris Huhne has presented West End's two recently appointed Police Community Support Officers with two new bicycles. He met with the officers Ed Pritt and Michelle Towle plus local PC Gavin Smith. These have been funded by the Eastleigh Community Safety Partnership and Partnership Manager, Peter Baldry, from Eastleigh Borough Council believes they will be of great benefit to the local community.
The Prime Minister outlined plans to build a new generation of submarines to carry Trident missiles. He said submarine numbers may be cut from four to three, while the number of nuclear warheads will be cut by 20%. A number of Labour MPs oppose the plan, but the Tories say it would be "crazy" not to have UK nuclear weapons. The Lib Dems want a decision put back to 2014.
The Liberal Democrats today called for the Chancellor to tax pollution and not people in this week's pre-budget report, and welcomed the all-party Environmental Audit Committee's backing for green taxes.
Official figures show that same-sex couples have registered 15,672 civil partnerships formed in the UK between December 2005 and the end of September 2006. The initial burst of 2,000 in the first month has reduced to around 1,500 ceremonies a month, so after the first twelve months around 36,000 people will have had their relationship formally recognised.
Wind turbines could be placed upon the top of buildings across Leicester within the next few years. Under new plans, the council's HQ in New Walk would be one of the top spots for a wind turbine.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Monday 4th December) welcomed news that the European Union has ordered tougher greenhouse gas emission targets to meet its commitments under the Kyoto protocol to combat global warming.
