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Sykes joins Lib-Dem Council Leaders across England in calling for Universal Credit boost to be made permanent Date published: 15 February 2021
Oldham Liberal Democrat Leader, Councillor Howard Sykes MBE
Over 30 Liberal Democrat Council Leaders and elected Mayors in England have written to the government calling for the £20 a week increase in Universal Credit, introduced in March 2020, to be made permanent.
The letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak MP follows a vote in Parliament held on Monday, January 18, 2021 in which the government the abstained and in which all Liberal Democrat MPs attending voted in favour of maintaining the increase.
Addressing Oldham’s empty homes would help save Green Belt say Lib Dems Date published: 09 February 2021
Oldham Council said that in November 2020, 1137 private homes were empty
Oldham s Liberal Democrat group say tackling the empty homes scandal in the borough could help save the borough s green spaces.
More than 1,100 private homes are empty in Oldham, and the Lib Dems would like to see them brought back into use to help address homelessness and to reduce the pressure to build new housing on the Green Belt.
Following a Freedom of Information request, figures released by Oldham Council showed that in November 2020, 1137 private homes were empty, many for long periods of time. Government figures published in December 2020 also show that 5,421 households were on Oldham Council’s housing waiting list.
Dacorum’s draft Local Plan is currently open to consultation
Thursday, 4th February 2021, 12:45 pm
The Liberal Democrat Group of Dacorum Borough Council has written to the MP for Hemel Hempstead and the MP for South West Hertfordshire seeking their support to have new planning targets for Dacorum reconsidered.
In December the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCGL) changed its formula for calculating local authority housing targets.
This was because, according to the MHCGL’s document, …in some places the numbers proposed by the standard method pose a risk to protected areas and Green Belt .
Cllr William Allen developed the attached map, which shows how many areas with significant amounts of green belt have seen an increase in planning targets
On Tuesday, the Boundary Commission published its draft proposals, following a ten-week public consultation held last year. It is proposing that there should be 18 wards, each with one to three councillors per ward, in place of the current 16 three-councillor wards. All wards will change under the proposals, except Billinge and Seneley Green.
Key changes A big change will be the creation of new Peasley Cross and Fingerpost ward, comprising the eastern section of the existing Town Centre ward. It is also proposing to split the Sutton ward into North and South, each represented by two councillors, and to change the boundaries.