The Labour Government has doubled the housing targets for Stockport, while weakening the protections for green belt. As a result, developers are targeting building on our green spaces first; this means that the houses are less affordable, less accessible, and in the wrong places for people struggling to get on the housing market.
On average, an “affordable house” in the villages outside Stockport, by the Government's definition, still costs £323,8231. The average cost of an affordable house in Stockport town centre is just £167,5132. Only one of those is within reach for the vast majority of first-time buyers.
That's why we're calling on the Government to change its approach and provide new housing that communities want. That means social and affordable housing. That means housing on brownfield sites first. And it means building the GPs, schools and transport links that make local people's lives better, not put an added strain on the system.
If you think that the UK should be building more truly affordable housing, with better schools and healthcare, and with the community being part of the process, sign our petition.
Do you believe the Government should give local residents more say in the planning process, to guarantee brownfield development first, and to ensure that schools and GPs must be an essential part of any large development?
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has announced Hazel Grove MP Lisa Smart as the Home Office spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, as she vowed to take local issues to the heart of Westminster.
A local resident who made it her mission in lockdown to create a transformative youth hub, food bank and community centre has been announced as the Liberal Democrat candidate in the forthcoming Bredbury Green and Romiley by-election.
The danger of Stockport becoming an NHS “dental desert” has been laid bare by House of Commons Library research showing over 23,000 children across the borough didn’t see an NHS dentist last year.
Liberal Democrat MPs Tom Morrison (Cheadle) and Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove) have voted against the Government’s plans to cut the Winter Fuel Payment; however the vote was passed by the Labour Government.
Tom Morrison and Lisa Smart are working together to oppose the Labour Government’s planned cut to the Winter Fuel Allowance, and will vote against it.
Lisa Smart MP took the opportunity to raise uncertainty around funding for Stepping Hill at the Chancellor’s question time in Parliament yesterday