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?
Proposals in the government's Draft Transport Bill 2007 offer Essex a unique opportunity to improve bus services say Liberal Democrats at Essex County Council. The core purpose of the draft Bill is to tackle congestion and it offers a range of initiatives including the improvement of public transport.
Dundee City Council's LibDem Planning & Transport Convener, Cllr Fraser Macpherson, today (Tuesday 7th August) welcomed a proposal to extend a pilot partnership for maintaining roads and pavements in Dundee,
Local Lib Dem councillor Fiona White has demanded action on Park Barn and Westborough's roads in a letter to the Surrey Advertiser.
THANK you to the many Loughton Alderton residents who have signed the 'Help clean up Loughton' petition.
The cost of holidays will be clearer and overseas mobile phone calls cheaper thanks to action by Chelmsford's Lib Dem Euro MP Andrew Duff and his colleagues. Many airlines continue to advertise misleading prices that don't reflect the final cost of plane tickets and MEPs have voted to ban this. Furthermore, mobile phone companies have to cut the amount they charge for making and receiving calls by 70%.
The Essex partnership with Jiangsu Province in China must be accompanied by a robust expectation of improved human rights for the Chinese people in the province. That was the call from Liberal Democrat Mike Mackrory, in response to the proposal from the ruling Conservatives at Essex County Council.
