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.
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
The Tories' Business Delivery Review (BDR) will hit Surrey Arts, Music and Museums. Surrey County Arts currently provides 278,000 music lessons annually. However, tuition fees in Surrey are already 30% higher than the national average. Some 42% of local authorities do not charge any tuition fees.
Dundee City Council LibDem Convener of Finance, Cllr Fraser Macpherson, has today strongly welcomed the support of Perth & Kinross Councillors on the issue of ethical investment for local authority pension funds.
Councillors, Farmer, Smith, Green and Henry, met local residents to be handed a petition with hundreds of signatures, calling for a local bus route to be re-established.
Springvale Focus Team has organised a series of "Rubbish Action Zones" This means any household rubbish within reason but including many items not normally collected can be removed. Obviously there can be no toxic substances. The event is meant to be community based and not a Council Service. Unless residents are physically unable to do so, they are expected to help by putting their own rubbish onto the lorries.
The Convener of Dundee Liberal Democrats, Raymond Lawrie has welcomed the introduction of the recently announced Dundee Landlord Accreditation (DLA) scheme.
The Liberal Democrats launched their alternative to the Government's education plans. The Liberal Democrat reforms focus on individual children not institutions, with pupil choice to motivate young adults, pupil premiums to give schools new incentives and the freedom to teach with curriculum deregulation.
