Unemployment: government's jobs tax could hit salaries and make it harder to hire staff
Responding to the news that unemployment has risen to 4.3%, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
12 Nov 2024
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
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Alistair Carmichael - Westminster
Northern Isles MP votes to abolish hereditary peers in the House of Lords
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has this evening voted to abolish hereditary peers from the House of Lords, calling it “a bizarre anachronism”.
12 Nov 2024
Local GP appointments at risk because of National Insurance hike
61,786 GP appointments at risk in South West London due to national insurance hike
12 Nov 2024
Cole-Hamilton responds to damning health survey
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that the SNP government is leaving our health system to suffer after a damning series of findings published in a new survey.
12 Nov 2024
Barriers to drug treatment persist across Scotland
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that SNP ministers must use every tool at their disposal to end the drug deaths crisis after a new survey found that many services are reporting barriers to meeting key standards for t
12 Nov 2024
Cole-Hamilton: Crisis at A&E the norm under the SNP
Responding to new figures showing only 64% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 3rd November, while 3,215 people waited over 8 hours and 1,405 waited over 12 hours, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Ale
12 Nov 2024