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?
Dover District Council has begun using its own wind turbine to produce power for some of its offices. It is estimated the turbine, which is helping to power the Council's Whitfield premises, could save up to £4,000 a year on bills.
Lib Dem Parliamentary candidate Councillor Wera Hobhouse has expressed concern that the loss of personal data by the government could lead to misery among residents in Heywood and Middleton.
Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has poured cold water on an offer from the Conservatives to forge a "progressive alliance" against Labour. He said there were too many issues dividing the parties. Lib Dem acting leader Vince Cable also rejected the offer, saying Mr Cameron was living "in cloud cuckoo land". David Cameron has called on both the Green Party and the Lib Dems to work with his party.
A Liberal Democrat proposal for a better deal for those in the armed forces has been rejected in parliament. The proposal, put forward during an Opposition Day debate yesterday, called for a codified Military Covenant and for the government to ensure that those serving in the armed forces have access to quality accommodation and other services. Labour MPs voted down the proposals by 302 votes to 71, with the Conservatives not voting.
Local residents continue to live in fear of and feel disgust at the anti-social behaviour occurring on and around the Leas, according to Lib Dem Town Councillor Gary Fuller.
Following his highlighting last week the fact that thousands of Dundee TV viewers will still be getting a "second rate" TV service after the digital TV switch over in Tayside in 2010, Dundee City West End Councillor Fraser Macpherson today (Sunday 16th December) said that many of his constituents had contacted him to say how angry they are at TV bosses short-changing them.
