Rowen quizzes top civil servant
Rochdale MP and member of the Public Administration Select Committee, Paul Rowen, today quizzed Britain's top civil servant, Sir Gus O'Donnell, on propriety and sleaze.
15 Nov 2007
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?
Peer calls for ADHD care review
A peer and neuroscientist will call on ministers to examine how attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is diagnosed and treated in the UK. Independent peer Baroness Susan Greenfield will raise the issue in the House of Lords on Wednesday.
15 Nov 2007
Terror police 'shot' man in coma
A man who had gone into a diabetic coma on a bus in Leeds was shot twice with a Taser gun by police who feared he may have been a security threat. Nicholas Gaubert has described how the incident happened in July 2005, just a week before the fatal shooting of Brazilian man Jean Charles de Menezes.
15 Nov 2007
Hearing loss 'costs UK £13.5bn'
A leading charity - the Royal National Institute for Deaf people - says the economy could earn billions more if extra cash was spent on research. It points out that just over 0.1% of the £13.5bn goes on research into "life-changing" treatments.
15 Nov 2007
Schools 'failing' diabetic pupils
Schools are not giving pupils with diabetes the support they need and are demanding parents come in to treat their child, charities claim. Some 70% of 2,500 schools surveyed by a coalition of diabetes charities said that when pupils could not inject themselves, parents were asked to help. Diabetic children were also missing out on school trips, the charities said.
15 Nov 2007
Women 'losing out' on heart care
Emergency care for female heart failure patients lags behind that offered to men, a UK-wide survey shows.
15 Nov 2007
