Online service for the disabled
A new online service which makes it easier for disabled people to get specialist equipment has been launched.
12 Sep 2007
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?
Agencies 'failing on carer theft'
A charity called for more custodial sentences for carers who steal Almost a quarter of care agencies fail to protect disabled and elderly people from thefts in their own homes by carers, the BBC has discovered.
12 Sep 2007
Hain faces anger at closure plans
Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain has faced angry protests at the TUC conference over proposed closures of factories employing disabled people. Mr Hain was handed dozens of redundancy notices sent out to staff at Remploy - a government-funded organisation which has proposed 43 plants should close.
12 Sep 2007
Remploy site saved from closure
Workers at Bridgend's Remploy factory, which was one of five in Wales under threat of closure, have been told the site will remain open. It was one of 43 across the UK which the disabled employment service had earmarked for closure in May, with mergers for another two.
12 Sep 2007
Disabled walkway would spoil area
A proposal to put an elevated walkway through the trees at Symonds Yat Rock in the Forest of Dean have been rejected by planners. The Forestry Commission has been told the scheme is too visually intrusive to be acceptable in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
12 Sep 2007
Shepway Review of Polling Districts and Polling Places
Shepway District Council is in the process of carrying out a review of polling districts and polling places. It has undertaken a process of public consultation and will shortly consider the representations it has received.
12 Sep 2007
