Hard-pressed families across Gillingham and Rainham face being left worse off when the government ends the uplift to Universal Credit next month.
Hard-pressed families across Chatham and Aylesford face being left worse off when the government ends the uplift to Universal Credit next month.
Hard-pressed families across Gillingham and Rainham face being left worse off when the government ends the uplift to Universal Credit next month.
Alan Wells, Lib Dems candidate for this week's Strood North by-election said "The news that Medway Council's planning committee has deferred a proposal to deliver 181 houses in Frindsbury, alongside a new academy for 1,150 pupils and a wedding venue, highlights the Council's poor housing planning.
Alan Wells, Lib Dems candidate for this weeks Strood North by-election said "Whilst I recognise the need for new housing, it must be in the right places, where there is good provision of infrastructure. We would concentrate new housing developments in areas with good bus and rail links to reduce car usage, and in locations where there is scope to provide decent pedestrian, cycling and public transport connections.
Liberal Democrats would improve environmental standards in the Medway Towns by adopting sensible and consistently applied planning policies which are in line with the surrounding environment. The Conservative-led Council, by not having yet adopted a Local Plan, has had less control over developments in order to meet the Government's housing targets and this means developers often win their planning appeals, thereby causing great harm to our green spaces.
