To find out that the Government has had to pull the emergency brake across the country, withdrawing decisions in neighbouring counties and freezing plans for Kent and Medway is hugely damaging.
Responding to the Government’s decision to pause plans for Local Government reorganisation in light of new legal advice, Liberal Democrat Local Government Spokesperson Zöe Franklin MP said:
The Lib Dems have claimed victory after the Government announced it is taking its “Hands off Portsmouth”
I am writing to respond formally to the consultation on the draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement (HENPS).My constituents regularly contact me about aircraft noise, air pollution, disturbed sleep.
Pippa Heylings, the Liberal Democrat MP for South Cambridgeshire, has condemned the government's chaotic postponement of local government reorganisation, warning it will damage the local economy...
“This Government’s plans for Local Government Reorganisation have descended once more into farce. Across the country, this Labour U-turn will cost millions of taxpayers’ money.