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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Most physiotherapy graduates have struggled to get a job this year due to NHS cutbacks, industry leaders say. A Chartered Society of Physiotherapy poll found that seven out of every 10 physios who graduated in 2006 had not yet found a job. The society said if this group does not find employment it will mean £40m of taxpayers money will have been wasted on training them.
Drinking a moderate amount of alcohol each day could protect against arthritis, a study of mice has found. In the Swedish study, mice whose water contained 10% alcohol had a lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis. The team said it was not possible to say exactly how much alcohol would have the same effect for humans.
Speaking in the Second Reading debate of the Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill in the House of Commons, Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield, said:
The online petition for the Gurkha Justice campaign (http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/gurkha/) has taken over 700 signatures in just 5 days, making it one of the fastest signed petitions on the Governments Petition web site. With over 1,100 petitions on the site, the Gurkha Justice petition is already in the top 50 most signed petitions.
Tony Blair has become the first ever serving Prime Minister to have been interviewed by police. The police are investigating cash for honours allegations. The probe was sparked by revelations Labour was given secret loans ahead of last year's election, some donors were subsequently nominated for honours.
Commenting on the annual report by the Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and HIV, which recommended that the Government ringfence sexual health cash to ensure it reaches frontline services, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, Sandra Gidley MP said: "This report further dispels the Government myth that NHS deficits and endless structural reform are not affecting the healthcare people receive.
