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?
Labour supporters recently claimed that the Crossrail route (direct trains from Shenfield to west of London) would be a help to Chelmsford. After eight years of government underinvestment in rail, we should not hold our breath, says Chelmsford Liberal Democrat candidate Stephen Robinson.
Conservative leader Michael Howard has been forced to change his election plans to meet the Lib Dem threat in his own Parliamentary seat.
Local campaigner Peter Carroll has come to the rescue of residents in Walmsley House in Folkestone. Peter was approached by the residents when they had a problem with the storage of their disabled buggies.
Today over 100 members of the Liberal Democrats attended the West Midlands Regional Conference in Birmingham. The conference was addressed by four MPs - Paul Keetch, Matthew Green, Party President Simon Hughes and Home Affairs spokesperson Mark Oaten as well as the West Midlands Liberal Democrat MEP Liz Lynne.
This morning Colin Ross, Liberal Democrat candidate for Wolverhampton South West took part in the Pensioners Convention Question Time. Almost seventy pensioners attended and each of the three candidates were given ten minutes to speak followed by questions from the floor.
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Campaigner, Michael Headley, welcomed the news that at long last pensioners look set to be entitled to free local bus travel.
