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.

Find our more about the local plan on our frequently asked questions page.

Save our green belt

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LABOUR AND TORIES BOTH SLIPPING IN POLLS AS MINOR PARTIES GAIN

There were two polls of local election voting intention published in the weekend papers. An ICM poll for the Sunday Express shows the Tories and Labour both struggling, with voting intentions of Con 29%, Lab 27% and Lib Dems 22%. The figures also show a rise in support for the smaller parties, with the Greens at 6%, the BNP at 4% and UKIP at 3%. A BPIX poll (also of local election voting intentions) for the Daily Mail offers better news for the Tories, showing figures of Con 35%, Lab 26%, Lib Dem 23%. BPIX also asked a general election voting intention question with the topline figures at Con 35%, Lab 32%, Lib Dems 19%. Similar figures in the Times (YouGov) have the Tories 35% (-3), Labour 32% (-3), Lib Dem 18% (-1) A poll of polls based on the weighted average of surveys published in April, put support for the Lib Dems at 22% (+3), Labour at 33% (-4) and the Tories also at 33% (-2). This was the third monthly fall in succession for the Tories.

3 May 2006

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LABOUR AND TORIES BOTH SLIPPING IN POLLS AS MINOR PARTIES GAIN

There were two polls of local election voting intention published in the weekend papers. An ICM poll for the Sunday Express shows the Tories and Labour both struggling, with voting intentions of Con 29%, Lab 27% and Lib Dems 22%. The figures also show a rise in support for the smaller parties, with the Greens at 6%, the BNP at 4% and UKIP at 3%. A BPIX poll (also of local election voting intentions) for the Daily Mail offers better news for the Tories, showing figures of Con 35%, Lab 26%, Lib Dem 23%. BPIX also asked a general election voting intention question with the topline figures at Con 35%, Lab 32%, Lib Dems 19%. Similar figures in the Times (YouGov) have the Tories 35% (-3), Labour 32% (-3), Lib Dem 18% (-1) A poll of polls based on the weighted average of surveys published in April, put support for the Lib Dems at 22% (+3), Labour at 33% (-4) and the Tories also at 33% (-2). This was the third monthly fall in succession for the Tories.

3 May 2006

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Lib Dem Shock at Ailing NHS Dental Service in Congleton Borough

In the week that controversial new NHS dental contracts come into force across England and Wales, Congleton's Lib Dem Councillor, Simon Davey revealed the number of people in Congleton who are registered with an NHS dentist has already fallen by 15, 400 since Labour came to power.

3 May 2006

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Lib Dem Shock at Ailing NHS Dental Service in Congleton Borough

In the week that controversial new NHS dental contracts come into force across England and Wales, Congleton's Lib Dem Councillor, Simon Davey revealed the number of people in Congleton who are registered with an NHS dentist has already fallen by 15, 400 since Labour came to power.

3 May 2006

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Cllr Fraser Macpherson, Dundee's Finance Convener

Council delivering increased council tax collection rates, says LibDem Finance Convener

Dundee City Council's LibDem Convener of Finance, Councillor Fraser Macpherson has welcomed new figures that show a continued and sustained improvement in the amount of council tax collected by the end of the financial year in which it was due.

3 May 2006

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Seddons in talks with Lib Dem Team over Cattle Market Development

Congleton Lib Dem's have responded to calls by residents in Lower Heath about the appalling state of grass verges on the cattle market development. Rubble, concrete and litter are strewn across the verges and it is getting worse as the building work continues. It is unsightly not just for the new residents but also those living in the area. It is also the first sight anyone sees arriving in Congleton from Macclesfield or Manchester.

3 May 2006

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