How Your money is being spent?
The Labour controlled City Council ran up an £11.5 million bill in consultancy costs last year, including paying one £1,625 for just a day's work.
6 Jan 2010
Save our green belt
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.
Save our green belt
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Farron welcomes "green" loans for South Lakeland farmers
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has encouraged local farmers to "go-green" and reduce their impact on the environment by signing up for energy efficiency loans.
6 Jan 2010
Mike Evemy condemns proposed march through Wootton Bassett by Islam4UK
As a prospective MP for North Wiltshire I welcome the statement from the Wiltshire Islamic Cultural Centre condemning the proposal to march through Wootton Bassett by Islam4UK. I join their condemnation.
6 Jan 2010
innings closed
I don't know how many of you have been to North Finchley Post Office recently. They have introduced a "no queue "system. You take a ticket and wait for your number to be called. On Monday I went to renew my Freedom Pass. The last time I was there I had a twenty minute wait, just to buy stamps. This time I took my ticket, number 181. The current number being dealt with was 120! Sixty one customers were in front of me. Forty five minutes later and after doing my shopping in the High Road my number came up. The whole set up is almost surreal. You really do need to go there and see for your self. To be fair to the staff they are doing their best. One of them confided they were as fed up as everyone else. This is what happens when all the local post offices close. Another policy this Government has to answer for.
CJC
6 Jan 2010
Marriage is no rose garden, and the Tory party knows it
The research doesn't support David Cameron's thesis - and most people think there are better targets for tax breaks.
AG
5 Jan 2010
Council discussion of pavement gritting "too little, too late"
Responding to Tory Mid Sussex District council leader's statement that: "a meeting has been arranged to discuss our Emergency Planning guidelines for Friday 8th Jan", Serena Tierney, local Lib Dem parliamentary campaigner commented;
5 Jan 2010