We are the largest party on the District Council and we lead the Progressive Alliance.
Steve Flitter, the Leader of the Liberal Democrats on DDDC said - We are delighted to come together as 3 progressive Parties to offer the residents and businesses of the Derbyshire Dales a new approach to local politics. We know that our District faces many challenges, not least the cost of living crisis, the shortage of affordable housing for our young families and the threat to our environment from new developments and pollution.
Working together we will support our communities in the best and most effective way, and provide them with genuinely value-for-money services.
As close observers of planning applications* in Derbyshire Dales will have noticed, there has been a significant addition to the documents associated with a major application for a total of 469 homes on the old airfield site near Ashbourne. This is application 19/01274/FUL and its subsequent incarnations put forward by the developers Harrisons with David Wilson Homes / Barratt Homes.
Whilst the majority of the British electorate is trying to work out how to pay their bills and definitely aren't consumed by concerns of how to heat their private swimming pools, Rishi Sunak swans around in private jets as if it's a birthright!
On Wednesday the Commons Privileges Committee will be finally having its long awaited face to face questioning of Boris Johnson and 'Partygate' and we are all invited to watch on tv.
Years of Conservative cuts have hollowed out the legal aid system, leaving millions without access to timely legal advice. Our new policy will legal aid a guaranteed right, ensure no one is left without help.
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Millions of people are still trapped in England’s broken leasehold system. Our plan will end the leasehold rip-off, strengthen building safety, and give residents the control, fairness, and dignity they deserve in their own homes.
Hong Kongers living in the UK, and across the world, face an increasingly robust and alarming campaign of transnational repression from Beijing. Our new policy will protect pro-democracy activists and ensure this intimidation has no place in the UK.