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?
A lull in Council meetings provides an opportunity to mention other aspects of a Councillors' duty. I can only speak for my Ward colleagues, Councillors Susette and Monroe Palmer but I am sure other Councillors are, also, like us constantly in touch with residents about a whole range of local issues.
The agenda for the 18th March Shepway Cabinet meeting shows a secret item to discuss the potential termination of the lease for the Leas Cliff Lift in Folkestone.
British food is disappearing from our supermarket shelves according to Liberal Democrat Defra Shadow Secretary of State Tim Farron, who has accused the Labour Government of presiding over savage cuts in our domestic food production and ignoring the environmental impact of the increasing amount of food being imported into the UK.
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg has ruled that a challenge to secret EU laws should succeed. It said that bans on taking prohibited item like weapons and liquids on planes can have no legal force if they are not published.
When Wolverhampton's Mayor, Councillor Christine Mills, declared the results of the city's 2009 Youth Elections in the Council Chamber, one of the successful candidates was Walker Darke, the youngest member of Wolverhampton South West Liberal Democrats. Walker is the son of Park Ward Councillor Claire Darke and Dr Paul Darke. He attends St. Edmund's School.
The European Parliament's Industry, Research and Energy committee meeting in Strasbourg has voted in favour of further reductions in mobile-phone roaming charges. The report on the "Roaming 2" regulation, drafted by ALDE (Lib Dem) MEP Adina-Ioana Valean from Romania extends the regulation for voice roaming and widens its scope to include roaming SMS text and data services, as well as including more transparency measures.