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?
Senior Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament, Lembit Opik, joined local candidates and campaigners in the run up to polling day. There was a photo shoot and interview for the Express and star by the Billy Wright statue outside Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and members of the public were only too pleased to talk to Lembit.
On 1st April 2008, people who rent garages from Chelmer Housing Partnership (CHP) were presented with a new rental rate of £10 per week plus vat. This represents an astonishing increase of £3 a week plus vat - a 43% rise.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has alleged tobacco firms and supermarkets have been engaged in unlawful practices linked to retail prices for tobacco. The OFT names 11 retailers, including Asda, Sainsbury and Tesco, and tobacco firms Imperial Tobacco and Gallaher. One allegation is that retailers and tobacco groups arranged to swap information on future pricing.
Folkestone Library will be closed for 3 weeks from the 19 May to 9 June. Repairs to earthquake damage in the upstairs part of the Library will start on Monday 28 April, where the ceilings on the staircase are being repaired, along with substantial repairs in the Peter Davis Heritage Room.
Liberal Democrats in Epping Forest have attacked Government offers to compensate low income earners losing out under tax changes as "vague promises of jam tomorrow".
Plans by one of the UK's largest communications company to site a mobile phone mast just metres from homes and schools, have been slammed as 'completely ridiculous' by Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate Terrye Teverson.