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?
Hospital bosses have announced a dramatic u-turn on plans to force new mothers to pay for their baby's formula milk. The Pennine Acute Trust had planned to make mothers at Rochdale Infirmary buy £5 tokens which could be traded in for a pack of 10 bottles of milk and teats.
At Council Committee meetings when someone shouts out" Move Part 2" it means what follows next at the Committee Meeting is secret and the general public must leave the room.
Brentwood and Ongar Lib Dems are pleased to announce that Nina Cutbush, the popular Warley candidate in the 2008 Borough Council elections, has been elected as their new Vice-Chair and will also take responsibility for fund-raising and events.
Liberal Democrats in Newcastle have called for income tax cuts to help struggling families weather the recession.
On the day that Bedford's rail users were hit by news of spiralling fare increases for January 2009, Henry Vann has demanded a freeze on rail fares and called for the planned fares increases to be abandoned.
The Liberal Democrats have demanded that several of the country's leading train firms abandon plans to impose above inflation hikes in the price of regulated fares, season tickets and saver tickets for Newcastle's rail passengers.