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?
Children with congenital heart failure may be at risk from discrepancies in doses of a heart drug designed for adults, researchers have warned. The amount and formulation of captopril vary widely across the UK when it is given to children, a study shows - and may mean the amount given is incorrect.
Commenting on today's announcement of 17th October 2007 as the date for the first stage of digital switchover in Whitehaven, Liberal Democrat Culture Spokesman Paul Holmes MP said:
Council tax bills for Newcastle residents will rise by less than inflation in April. The Liberal Democrat-run city council will increase council tax by only 2.9%. This is below the current 3.7% increase in the retail prices index and will be the third year running the Lib Dems have kept the rise below inflation.
The provision of GP services out-of-hours in Cornwall has been slammed by the Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt MP and a Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
The risks of disclosing unseen disabilities and health conditions in the teaching, nursing and social work professions are compounded by the stigma attached to them, according to the Disability Rights Commission (DRC). In a new report* commissioned by the DRC and published today, a supportive workplace or training environment was found to be key in encouraging disclosure among employees and those training within the three professions. Yet participants in the study said that major shifts in attitudes and behaviour were needed in the workplace to overcome their fears about disclosure.
The Government has today unveiled its draft Climate Change Bill, which plans to set a "legally binding" target to cut carbon emissions by 60% by 2050. It also calls for investment in low-carbon fuels and technologies, "carbon budgets" to be set every five years and for ministers to give annual progress reports on cutting emissions. However it rejects proposals for annual targets to be set. The full Climate Change Bill is to be published in the autumn.
