New Liberal Democrat MP Lisa Smart has presented a petition to the Government in Parliament about keeping post office services in High Lane
Following the Deputy Prime Minister's new approach to planning and Local Plan-making, and the imposition of compulsory, nationally set housebuilding targets, Stockport Council have been forced to pause the consultation on their draft Local Plan.
MPs Tom Morrison and Lisa Smart have written to Health Secretary Wes Streeting to ensure that a promise for urgent funding for Stepping Hill is not derailed by the Government’s funding black hole.
Lisa Smart MP is backing a motion in Parliament to drive the numbers of new homes to be fitted with solar panels.
The desperate state of Stepping Hill Hospital – with new videos emerging earlier this week of flooded corridors – was the top priority raised on behalf of the constituency in new MP Lisa Smart’s maiden speech to Parliament yesterday [25/07/2024].
New MPs Lisa Smart and Tom Morrison have written to United Utilities chief executive Louise Beardmore requesting a face to face meeting to challenge the water company on the levels of sewage dumping in local rivers and waterways.
Government promises funding in response to MPs’ pressure … details of funding and timing still needed.
Leader of Stockport Council, Cllr Mark Hunter, has asked for Andy Burnham to follow through on his long-term pledge to back Metrolink in Stockport.
At its July full Council meeting, Stockport Liberal Democrats resolved to call on the Government to remove the two-child benefit cap, a measure widely seen as the quickest and most effective measure to lift thousands of children out of poverty.
Stockport Liberal Democrats have called upon the Government to provide necessary funds to invest in the Council leisure estate, including Grand Central pool in the town centre.
Stockport Council will tomorrow publish its Local Plan which will guide development policy in the borough for the next 15 years.
Plan needed immediately after damage to ICU and demolition of Outpatients B Department