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?
Wolverhampton Homes have informed Councillor Robin Lawrence and Zahid Shah that they will carry out much needed work in the Glentworth Gardens area. Councillor Robin Lawrence met local residents to listen to their concerns. Following that meeting he and Zahid Shah ensured that litter in Kirmond Walk was cleared up and a dirty and overgrown alleyway behind a row of houses was cleared and cleaned.
For anyone with children, worries about which school they will attend will often be a key issue in any discussion about their futures. We all want a good school for our child. Too often politicians' talk of 'choice', when all parents want is a high quality local school. The problem with choice is that some schools will under achieve, leaving children stuck in poor performing schools, whilst others will be oversubscribed leaving disappointed parents. We need all schools to be of a high standard, rather than have a marketplace where those that are lucky, or can afford to go private, get a good school.
Local campaigner Scott Kennedy-Lount and his team have hit the streets in Eyres Monsell looking for more eye sores and seeking residents opinion's.
Baroness Warsi, Shadow Social Action Minister, announced at the Conservative Party conference that there has been "a growing intolerance and illiberal attitude towards those who believe in God," blaming BHA Vice President and Lib Dem MP Dr Evan Harris MP for "driving this secular agenda" into the public sector.
Newark Lib Dems celebrated the 200th anniversary of Gladstone's birth at a special meeting in Newark Town Hall on Sunday, October 11th. A packed room listened intently to a talk on Gladstone's early career by Dr Richard Gaunt of Nottingham University, including Gladstone's election at Newark in 1832.
Terrye Teverson has welcomed plans by Cornwall Council to build new council houses for the first time in more than 20 years.