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?
Commenting on statistics released today by the Healthcare Commission showing that more than half of nurses on mental health wards report being physically assaulted at work, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb said:
Liz Langfield and the Lemington Lib Dem FOCUS Team have launched a ward-wide survey to find out what you think on important local issues.
and gets briefed by local campaigners on rail issues
Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne, has written to Jack Straw asking which senior police officers authorised the regular bugging of lawyer-client discussions at prisons. Mr Huhne also pressed Mr Straw to state how many prisoners had been bugged in this way in each year for the last five years and urged him to make a full statement as soon as the House of Commons returns from recess. The Liberal Democrats are pressing for a full inquiry into the new allegations that bugging was extensive, systematic and routine.
Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Tuesday 12th February) expressed concern at the level of Health Board funding allocations for 2008/9, which have real increases of only 0.45 per cent.
The inaugural Folkestone Triennial 'Tales of Time and Space' will take place from 14 June to 14 September at locations across Folkestone, and the festivals web site has been launched at www.folkestonetriennial.org.uk