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?
Soon after the Lib Dem Conference in Brighton had approved the new Green Switch Tax policy Park Ward Focus Team began delivering a special Focus about this policy. You can find a PDF version of this Focus in the Park section of the Download area of this site. Park Ward candidate Robin Lawrence said "We want fair tax, not more tax but we do want to use tax to reward people who improve the way they live and do their bit to save our environment."
Solihull MP and Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Small Business Lorely Burt has successfully moved a deregulation motion at Conference. The motion calls for the reforms that are needed so government departments actively pursue a deregulation agenda and allow small businesses to flourish in the UK.
Dundee East Liberal Democrat parliamentary spokesperson Dr Clive Sneddon has today (Wednesday 20th September) welcomed yesterday's vote at the Liberal Democrat Federal Conference to adopt as party policy the most radical tax reform proposals from any political party.
Chairing yesterday's National Union of Students fringe debate on funding the higher education system at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference, Paul Holmes, MP for Chesterfield and Member of the House of Commons Education Select Committee said:
Speaking in yesterday's debate on "Wealth or Well-being" at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference in Brighton, Paul Holmes, MP for Chesterfield said:
Speaking in today's debate on taxation at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference in Brighton, Paul Holmes, MP for Chesterfield, said:
