Dale urges locals to join clean up campaign!
Balderstone and Kirkholt Councillor - Dale Mulgrew has teamed up with Paul Rowen MP, the local community and the Rochdale and Oldham Groundwork Trust to clean up Sudden Brook.
28 Sep 2006
Save our green belt
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.
Save our green belt
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Last chance to make a difference for Rochdale!
Climate Change will be the topic of discussion on Saturday, when Rochdale's first Climate Change Conference comes to Town. Taking place at Richmond Hall from 10am till 3pm, this will be a chance to discuss how Rochdale can do their bit to half Climate Change. There are still a few places left, and the organisers have drafted extra chairs in for anyone turning up on the day.
28 Sep 2006
Car loses out in race into town centre
Driving a car is a slow form of transport if you are trying to get around Chelmsford, according to a transport race staged last Friday. It was 'In Town Without My Car' day and a bus, a car, cyclists and a pedestrian competed to see who would be first to get to the steps of county hall in Chelmsford's town centre from the Moulsham Lodge neighbourhood.
27 Sep 2006
97.5% Opposed: But Shepway Council still force through Weymouth Road sell-off plan
Shepway District Council have forced through a plan to sell land in Weymouth Road for a housing development against the wishes of 97.5% of local residents and Folkestone Town Council.
27 Sep 2006
A lame duck Prime Minister says Ed Davey
Commenting on Tony Blair's speech to the Labour Party conference, Chairman of the Liberal Democrat Campaigns and Communication Committee, Ed Davey MP said: "This was a speech from a lame duck Prime Minister. In more than an hour of oratory, he failed to tackle the crucial question the country needs answered - exactly when is he going?"
27 Sep 2006
Conference 2006
LDEG had a very successful conference with three packed fringe events and a busy stall. The first fringe event was "The EU Constitution - what next?" with Andrew Duff MEP and Michael Moore MP, followed by "Can the EU switch off climate change?" with Chris Davies MEP, Chris Huhne MP and Fiona Harvey (FT environment correspondent). The third event was "Question Time on the EU" with Paddy Ashdown, HE The Turkish Ambassador, Diana Wallis MEP and Steve Richards (political correspondent with The Independent). Ed Featherstone was in the chair. Full details of these events will be published in the next newsletter and all events are now available on video (see navigation menu).
27 Sep 2006
