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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Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield Paul Holmes has today called for the creation of a national body with responsibility for developing and agreeing safety critical operational guidance for all fire-fighters.
Speaking in Parliament, Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield called for English celebrations of St George's Day on the same scale as the Scottish and Irish celebrate their patron saints days.
This week, on Monday, was an opposition day debate led by the Liberal Democrats which discussed two topics; the economy and the Post Office Card Account. I had suggested the second debate following my experiences on the counter at Buersil Post Office earlier this year.
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has welcomed the 'excellent progress' on the new National Museum of the Royal Regiment of Fusilier's Museum in Bury.
Heywood and Middleton Lib Dems have announced that Councillor Peter Rush has been elected as the first ever Heywood-based Lib Dem Chairman of the Constituency.
President of the Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes MP today called for a review of diversity in the House of Commons to include lesbian, gay and bisexual representation. Speaking in a debate establishing a "Speaker's Conference" to address under-representation of women, ethnic minorities and disabled people in the House of Commons, he said: "This debate should not be only about women, or people from black and ethnic minorities, or disabled people. It should also be about gay people and young and older people, and about having a diverse Parliament. Unless we see that in the broad spectrum, we are not fulfilling Parliament's expectations of us."