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.
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Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Young people looking for a job would not go more than three months without a right of access to a place in work, training, or education, under plans unveiled by Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg.
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Stockton tenants in Council owned homes have been losing out for 20 years it was revealed at a Council meeting last night. Councillor Suzanne Fletcher (Lib Dem) had put down a formal question to find out how long tenants had been paying money to the Government, and how much was being paid.
Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Olympics Spokesperson, has received an assurance from the Mayor that he will seek to ensure that the Paralympic Games can be viewed on 'free to view' television and not just be limited to subscription channels.
Today I joined a trip down the river with some other councillors. The Council are thinking hard about how best use can be made of this great and currently underused asset that Borough has.
An unofficial source has revealed that the Conservative administration has finally listened to the Liberal Democrat opposition, businesses and residents of the town and agreed to free parking on Saturdays for the remainder of 2009.