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?
Commenting on the Healthcare Commission report on Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust's service to people with a learning disability, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, Sandra Gidley MP said:
Liberal Democrats on Suffolk County Council today called for people in Suffolk to send them their views on the proposals to change school structures before the County Council meeting which finally approves the proposals in March.
On the eve of his 20th anniversary Liberal Democrat MP Matthew Taylor has today announced that, after two decades in the Truro & St Austell seat, he will not be fighting the next General Election. Mr Taylor has announced that he will be standing down in order to devote himself to his family, following the birth of his son Arthur last November.
Kent Police report that a nationwide campaign to combat drink driving Kent has seen arrest figures for drink driving, and deaths due to drink driving, fall during December 2006 compared to the same period in 2005.
The BBC report that the 12-year-old girl who disappeared from her school in Saltwood has been found "safe and well". Jasmine Thomson, from Etchinghill, failed to return home after leaving Brockhill Park School in Saltwood at 11.30 am on Tuesday.
A model of the planned new school to replace Taylor Road Primary School will be on display at the school from today for public consultation.
