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.
Find our more about the local plan on our frequently asked questions page.
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
We have long campaigned for an end of speeding fines not being able to be spent on local traffic calming and road safety education schemes. There is now a move to make it easier for this money to be spent locally on what is needed.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Friday 20th October) said that damning criticism made earlier this week by Postcomm, the independent regulator of postal services, of the Labour Government's handling of Post Office services, was further evidence that local Post Offices are "not safe in Labour's hands."
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Friday 20th October) criticised the £21 billion cuts recommended by the Conservative Tax Reform Commission as "confused and irresponsible."
As chair of Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee I would like to take this opportunity to say a big Thank you to all 60 councillors for the united commitment to keeping our hospital services Local, and a special thanks to my ward Colleague Cllr Jean Ashworth for her total dedication to the "Friends of our Hospital" We are all now waiting for the final results in December that is not to say that we are being complacent far from it we continue to put the views and fears across to the Pennine Acute Trust at every opportunity.
A visitor from Essex has paid a glowing tribute to Chesterfield after enjoying a coach trip to the town. Mrs V Clark, from Saffron Walden in Essex, said it was the highlight of her aged father's holiday. "We went to Queen's Park and as well as enjoying the park and gardens and river, it was a delight to go somewhere where so much thought had gone into facilities for those in wheelchairs", she wrote.
At a signing ceremony at West End Parish Centre this evening the parish, town and borough council in Eastleigh signed up to provide 36 Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) who will be helping to tackle crime and disorder throughout the borough as part of a partnership initiative between local councils and the Police.
