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?
Mourners and loved ones are being let down by inadequate facilities for people at cemeteries across the city. Disabled toilets are inaccessible in Sutton Coldfield Cemetery.
Danny speaks in the House of Commons about farmers mental health
Cllr Harmer response to the Executive Report of the Leader of the Council
At yesterday’s meeting I praised the role that farmers and farming families play in supplying locally grown food and asked the Council to explain what they are doing to support this key industry.
Responding to the House of Commons voting for a Liberal Democrat Bill, led by Sarah Olney MP, which would enact electoral reform via proportional representation by a margin of 138 to 136, Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael said:
Responding to new Public Health Scotland figures which showed 2,030 people were stuck in hospital in October due to their discharge being delayed, the worst on record, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said: