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.

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The New Ming Dynasty

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by Tim Prater

7 Mar 2006

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Cllr Fraser Macpherson's City Centre FOCUS Special - March 2006

City Centre News : New FOCUS newsletter for the City Centre

Cllr Fraser Macpherson has today (Tuesday 7th March) produced a special edition of his FOCUS newsletter for constituents in the City Centre part of Tay Bridges Ward.

7 Mar 2006

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Government admits CIA flights landed in Britain and Iraq has cost £4 billion

In a letter to Sir Menzies Campbell MP, the Government last night admitted for the first time that aircraft suspected of being used by the CIA to transport detainees to secret interrogation centres had landed at British military airfields. Michael Moore, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs spokesperson said "Another week, another grudging admission from the Government. There is now a well-established pattern of partial disclosures after repeated denials. These are disturbing revelations. Were these rendition flights or not? Ministers must urgently obtain answers from the US Government."

7 Mar 2006

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Clive Sneddon backs Steel Commission calls for new powers for Scottish Parliament

Dundee East Liberal Democrat parliamentary spokesperson Dr Clive Sneddon has today (7th March 2006) welcomed the report by a team of senior Liberal Democrats chaired by former Scottish Parliament Presiding Officer David Steel.

7 Mar 2006

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Tories Continue to Push For Cuts to the Voluntary Sector

Conservative-run Surrey County Council today refused to maintain current funding to the county's voluntary sector, choosing instead to oppose a Liberal Democrat motion which had called for an end to the proposed £838,000 cut in funding. Fiona White, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Adults and Community Care, said after the meeting that the Tory amendment to the motion was "woolly" and had no funding substance to it on which the voluntary organisations could rely.

7 Mar 2006

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West End News : Councillor welcomes preservation of footpath access

Dundee LibDem City Councillor for Tay Bridges Ward, Cllr Fraser Macpherson, has welcomed a commitment that pedestrian access along the north side of Riverside Drive will be safely maintained during construction of more than 200 flats on the site of the former Homebase store.

7 Mar 2006

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