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?
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman for Folkestone & Hythe Neil Matthews has strongly welcomed news that the RSPB have come out against Lydd Airport expansion plans, saying "Lydd remains one of the most inappropriate and dangerous locations to run a large airport".
Councillor Lynne Beaumont has been informed that Shepway Standards Committee have decided to take no further action on a complaint received from Mr T Philpott, saying that the complaint was "too trivial to warrant further action, was malicious, politically motivated or tit-for-tat and not serious."
MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale Tim Farron has today been appointed as the Liberal Democrats' Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA by party leader Nick Clegg.
Commenting on Conservative plans on Council Tax, Tania Exley-Moore, Liberal Democrat PPC said "The council tax system is flawed and the Tories' plan doesn't address the long term problems. The only way to get local government finance on a stable footing would be root and branch reform of how councils are funded so that they are less reliant on money from the Government. We believe that the only fair way of doing this is a Local Income Tax, which fairly reflects people's ability to pay.
Liberal Democrat President Simon Hughes MP has backed colleagues in their call for all Heywood residents to come and get their car number plates secured.
President of the Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes MP took time out to visit Rochdale after an invite from local colleagues. Mr Hughes was guest speaker at a celebration dinner at Rochdale Town Hall and also visited Heywood where he went to the indoor market and the recently closed Hopwood Post Office.