The Liberal Democrats are campaigning for no one to pay tax on the first £10,000 of their income – an extra £60 in your pocket every month. You can sign the petition “Fast track the Lib Dem £10,000 income tax threshold policy” here: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/28640

The Lib Dems in Government are leading the way in pushing for those on low and middle incomes to pay less tax, funded by those at the top paying a bit more. As the Lib Dem website explains: Imagine a mum who works 3 days a week as a teaching assistant – earning £10,000 a [...]

You might remember that, when Labour were in power, the Lib Dems run several “Save our post office” campaigns – sadly with limited success as Labour closed many post offices across the area. The Labour government were determined to close large chunks of the Post Office network. Now the Lib Dems in Government are sticking [...]

Stockport’s economic strategy for the next five years seeks to build on our success as a borough in having a high-skilled population with lower unemployment than the Greater Manchester or UK averages. 34.7% of working age residents have a degree or higher qualification, well above the national average. Our residents are highly productive and have [...]

Come along to Gatley for a festive evening of fun and late-night Christmas shopping on Thursday 1st December. Twenty shops are opening late, up to 8.00pm. This is combined with a Treasure Hunt, starting at Callaghans Estate Agency in Church Road from 6.00pm, Community Carol singing from 7.15pm at Gatley Green and starring Father Christmas [...]

Much to our frustration, the demolition and rebuild of Warwick Mall in Cheadle (due to have a Sainsburys on the ground floor and 14 new apartments above) has yet again been postponed. We were given an October start date which slipped and have now said that no building should start until the new year, to [...]

Although the employment news is bad nationally, the figures in the North West are more encouraging. Unemployment is down in the North West this quarter (from 8.6% to 8.2%).  There’s a small drop for men, and a bigger 0.6% drop for women. Among young people there’s little change (the figures are mixed – all small [...]

The Gothic Pub is due to re-open tomorrow (Friday 23rd September) as Piccolo Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar. Because the previous owner had a valid alcohol licence, they were legally able to transfer it across without a full hearing.  Although both the Lib Dems and the Council pressed them not to do this, they have [...]

Excellent news from the Council: This weekend saw Stockport’s town centre car parks jam-packed with keen shoppers, with numbers more than doubling since last month. On Saturday 3 September town centre retailers came together to arrange Stockport Festival, which attracted more than 40,000 visitors. And on Tuesday 6 September, Stockport was full to the brim [...]

The local Lib Dem team are working to get The Weavers in Cheadle looking better. It may be that a buyer is found soon and the unit opens as something new – that would be ideal. But if that doesn’t happen, we’ve identified some money available from the Council which can be used to improve [...]