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?
20 years ago, during the cold war, few would have believed that Europe could heal divisions which had separated its people since the Second World War. The fall of the Berlin wall kick-started a process of rapprochement and reconciliation which led to ten new Members joining the EU two years ago - many from the old Communist bloc.
On the eve of the Radio 1 Big Weekend coming to Dundee's Camperdown Park, Dundee Liberal Democrats have wished the event every success and praised the BBC's choice of venue for this huge music festival.
The size of the Tory group on Epsom & Ewell Borough Council slipped to just one member last night as the RA regained the Stoneleigh seat in yesterday's by-election. Jim Dapre the Lib Dem candidate came third.
Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Thursday 11th May) condemned the failure of the "New Labour" Government's pensions policy following the government's admission that its target of paying 3 million pensioner households Pension Credit by March 2006 will not be met.
Commenting on the details of the maximum 18 week waiting list target announced by the Department of Health, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Steve Webb MP said: "Despite the Government's assurances, too many people are still waiting far too long for NHS treatment. It is outrageous for the Government to boast about hitting its 18 week target when their definition excludes some of the treatments with the longest waits. "It is nonsense for the Government to claim they are abolishing waiting in the NHS. For some services, ranging from fertility treatment to hearing aids, some people are currently waiting years."
The Folkestone Herald reports that mobile speed cameras will be operating in Shepway next week. The vehicles will be in the district on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday week commencing 15th May.
