Fight for Green Belt a priority
The Liberal Democrat candidate for the Hutton South by-election says she will fight for the Green Belt and campaign for safety measures to be installed in Hanging Hill Lane.
PM
22 Oct 2008
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.
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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?
Clegg criticises government targets on visit to Chelmsford
Government plans to test children as young as three years old have been criticised by Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg MP. He was visiting Tanglewood nursery school in Chelmsford with local Lib Dem candidate Stephen Robinson.
22 Oct 2008
He says yes, she says no- Tories can't agree
There was confusion about what relief Essex residents will get from Essex County Council, after two leading members of the Conservative ruling party gave opposite views on the subject at the same meeting. At a meeting of the full council (21 October) the leader of the council agreed with a Liberal Democrats proposal to use council tax money held in reserves to help people through the current economic slowdown. However, the cabinet member for finance said that she thought the proposals were irresponsible and that reserves should remain high.
22 Oct 2008
Minister "receptive" to case for Kendal tax office
Local MP Tim Farron met with Treasury minister Stephen Timms to discuss the future of the HM Revenue and Customs Office (HMRC) in Kendal, which is currently earmarked for closure under a government consultation.
22 Oct 2008
Low unemployment figures only tell half the story
MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron welcomed figures revealed by the Office of National Statistics that placed Westmorland and Lonsdale with the lowest unemployment figures in England.
22 Oct 2008
Rowen quizzes lack of fairness in adoption process
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen used two Rochdale cases in Parliament this week to illustrate unfairness between parents who give birth naturally and those who adopt.
22 Oct 2008