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?
Brentwood North Liberal Democrats are overjoyed that the appeal on the controversial Park Road Flats scheme has been thrown out by the planning Inspectorate after a sustained campaign by local residents.
The London Lib Dem Council which fought against a ruling that a Christian registrar could refuse to conduct Civil Partnerships between same-sex couples, has now promised to redouble its commitment to keep discrimination out of its offices, playgrounds, and public services with a new charter of Sexual Orientation Equalities. Islington Council, in North London, was rated by Stonewall as the second best council in London for gay-friendly employment - and is now one of the first councils in the country to publish a Charter for lesbian, gay and bisexual people in their borough.
On Thursday 15th January, the Government sneaked out the draft of the innocuous sounding "Freedom of Information (Parliament) Order." This "statutory instrument" (not an act), if passed, will "…change the scope of the application of the [Freedom of Information] Act in relation to information held by the House of Commons and House of Lords regarding expenditure in respect of Members of both Houses. This includes information held by either House about expenses claimed by and allowances paid to Members. Such information is no longer within the scope of the Act."
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A TOP trader has warned that the borough council is being 'over-optimistic' by believing that encouraging businesses to share their car parks with the public will ease the town's parking problems.
STRESSED children in the Royal Borough are still turning to drink and drugs to deal with their personal problems, according to stark statistics from Ofsted.