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?
Thanks to the insistence of the Liberal Democrat Focus Team police patrols have been stepped up in the Parkdale and Malcolm Court areas. Residents in the area have asked for Councillor Robin Lawrence and Councillor Claire Darke's help in reducing levels of anti-social behaviour, particularly drinking alcohol.
Local MP Tim Farron has pressed the government to make sure that rural areas like South Lakeland do not suffer when the radio analogue signal is turned off in 2015.
Councillor Ann Haigh, Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Epping Forest, has pledged to do her bit for the British Armed Forces family.
We are in the middle of the party conference season. Last week I was at the Liberal Democrat Conference in Bournemouth, this week Labour is in Brighton and next week the Conservatives are in Manchester. For the national media and those in the Westminster "Village" these events are the meat and drink of political reporting. Every slight slip of the tongue becomes an attempted coup and every frown a snub.
The Government has announced that it will now intervene after local community groups, churches and Rochdale MP Paul Rowen had campaigned against the so-called 'rain tax' which saw water bills rise as much as 1400%.
Local MP Tim Farron presented Grange Primary School with a prestigious award last week. Grange Primary School has successfully won 'Green Flag' status as part of the national schools 'eco awards'.