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?
Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ming Campbell will this afternoon make a speech at a Mosque in Birmingham attacking the Police's stop-and-search powers. He will say they are overused and alienating ethnic minority communities.
Commenting on Gordon Brown's budget, Liberal Democrat Leader Menzies Campbell said:
Tuesday 3rd April is the date, 10am the time and the Kingfisher Youth Centre is the place, where local residents, volunteers and council staff are meeting to start off from on the first Saffron Clean-Up Day Event.
Liberal Democrats in Chesterfield are calling for council tax to be scrapped. The call has been made in response to plans by a government review to revalue homes and add two new bands to the council tax system.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Thursday 22nd March) slammed yesterday's Budget as an example of spin that, in reality, hits the poorest paid, and pointed out that the gap between poor and wealthy in Britain is now greater than it was in the time of the Thatcher government.
A newly-refurbished centre to provide sixth form facilities for students with learning difficulties has opened at a Cambridgeshire college. The site, at Impington Village College, aims to provide a bridge between school and working life for students.
