Tom Morrison Leads Fight Against Labour's Damaging Housing Policies

Tom Morrison MP has intensified his campaign against the Labour Government's housing policies, which he says are placing an impossible burden on Cheadle communities while ignoring critical infrastructure failures.

In a powerful intervention in Parliament this week, Tom challenged Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook directly about the lack of infrastructure to support new developments. "GPs are completely oversubscribed in Woodford, we have not had a Sunday rail service in over a year, and the bus services are completely inadequate," Tom told the Minister, highlighting the reality facing his constituents.

The Minister's response - that local development plans and infrastructure funding statements would "address needs and opportunities" - has been dismissed by Tom as inadequate. "My constituents need infrastructure now, not vague commitments about future reforms," he said.

Tom has now written formally to Minister Pennycook, demanding immediate action. In his letter, he calls for Labour to review Stockport's doubled housing allocation, pause development plans pending a proper cumulative impact assessment including the proposed 20,000-home Adlington new town, and require infrastructure delivery before any development approval. He has also requested a meeting with the Minister and Stockport Council's leader - a request the Minister failed to agree to in Parliament.

"Labour ministers sit in Westminster dictating housing numbers and ripping up green belt protections, while local residents are left to deal with the flooding, the traffic chaos, and the overwhelmed services," Tom said. "This isn't strategic planning - it's ideological box-ticking dressed up as housing policy."

Tom's opposition to Labour's approach extends beyond parliamentary questions. During the Planning and Infrastructure Bill's passage through Parliament, he backed numerous Liberal Democrat amendments designed to protect communities and ensure proper infrastructure provision.

These included amendments requiring infrastructure commitments to be legally binding, ensuring developments consider flood risk and climate resilience, protecting local planning authority powers, and setting infrastructure targets alongside new housing. Tom also supported measures to bring sustainable drainage provisions into force and require developers to invest in green spaces within new developments.

"Every one of these amendments was about putting communities first and ensuring development happens sustainably," Tom explained. "Labour voted them all down. That tells you everything about their priorities."

Working alongside local councillors including Dallas Jones in Bramhall, Tom is supporting residents' campaigns against unwanted developments, including the opposition to building on the Hall Moss Lane fields. "These campaigns, led by residents who know and love their areas, are exactly the community action we need," he said.

Tom is encouraging all constituents affected by Labour's housing policies to respond to the Local Plan consultation when it opens, making their opposition clear. "The more people who speak up, the harder we become to ignore," he said. "I won't stop pushing back against these destructive policies that threaten everything we value about our communities."

Watch Tom's question to the Housing Minister in Parliament and read his full letter to Matthew Pennycook MP below.