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.
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Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Parliamentary Spokesman Cllr David Kendall has again laughed off Conservative party claims that we are "almost the same". David Cameron has made this claim in his New Year message, similar to Eric Pickles claim that we were "all the same family" that was made during the Liberal Democrat conference.
Liberal Democrat candidate for Wolverhampton South West, Robin Lawrence, today welcomed the Liberal Democrats new plans to bring in a fairer tax system.
Education! Education! Education!
In a letter to members the Party Leader Nick Clegg has confirmed the Liberal Democrats commitment to abolish student fees. The text of the letter is reproduced below.
Surrey County Council are reviewing the provision of bus services across the county and one of the routes proposed for closure is the 557. This is a link which runs across the whole borough, providing vital access to St Peter's hospital.
Commenting on the statement from Sir John Chilcott which reveals that Gordon Brown, David Miliband and Douglas Alexander will not appear before the Iraq inquiry until after the election, Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary Edward Davey said "Giving special treatment to Labour ministers not only undermines the perception of independence of the inquiry but will damage the public's trust in politics further still."