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?
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has praised Greater Manchester Police's partnership with Rochdale Council. He was speaking after joining an officer on the beat in Rochdale. Mr Rowen was joined by Balderstone and Kirkholt Councillor Dale Mulgrew in Kirkholt and local PCSO Gaukhar Delaney. The event was arranged to highlight the town's shift towards community policing.
Paul Rowen has urged Rochdale people not to hand their identity over on a plate to fraudsters. The Rochdale MP was speaking at the start of the fourth annual National Identity Fraud Prevention Week. The week plans to raise awareness of the dangers of identity fraud and inform local people and businesses of the steps they could and should be taking to protect themselves from identity fraud.
Local MP Tim Farron has given a cautious welcome to improved proposals for the outreach service which is replacing Dent's post office.
Local MP Tim Farron is to attend a breakfast in Milnthorpe this Friday hosted by Bishop James of Penrith.
Reflecting on today's announcement by Chancellor Alistair Darling, Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron commented:
Monday 6th October: