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?
David Goodall reports: Peartree House is a centre which is dedicated to rehabilitating younger people with an acquired brain injury. The residents of Peartree House took a keen interest in the general election and particular matters relating to disability and the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). After the election they invited all the Southampton Itchen candidates to the centre to see it and their work on the DDA.
Shepway's Second World War veterans have until the end of May to take up the opportunity of a grant for travel costs to revisit the countries where they served. Nearly 400 people from the south of England are being given the opportunity to travel overseas and remember fallen comrades from World War II.
Local campaigner Emily Sanger has welcomed the improved recycling service to be rolled out across Folkestone in the next few weeks. The first batch of boxes and bags for Shepway Council's new waste management service will be delivered next week (week beginning Monday 15 May).
In his monthly update to West End Community Council tonight (Tuesday 10th May 2005), Tay Bridges Ward Liberal Democrat Councillor Fraser Macpherson reported progress relative to concerns raised by Blackness Primary School Parent-Teacher Association about safety at the Perth Road/Blackness Avenue/Shepherd's Loan junction in Dundee's West End.
The recent general election saw a good result for the Liberal Democrats in both Southampton seats. In Southampton Itchen the Liberal Democrat vote increased from 6195 to 9162 an increase of nearly 50%. Overall Liberal Democrat the share of the vote increased by 6.2% while Labour's vote decreased by 6.2%. This increase in support was even above the national average increase in Liberal Democrat support of 3.8% and far exceeded the 1.7% increase for the south east of England.
Charles Kennedy MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, yesterday welcomed his new Parliamentary party to Westminster, and called on them to demonstrate that it is the Liberal Democrats who are best able to hold the Government to account and to offer an alternative vision for Britain.
