I am Mike Cordingley. I’m a Trafford Councillor coming to the end of my term. I live in and represent the Lostock and Barton ward. I am about to lapse as a member of the Labour Party.
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One week to go
In which I take stock of the election in Trafford where, despite forecasts of a bloodbath, continuity seems to be the prevailing mood and only one party has issued a manifesto.
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May 2026 Local Elections: Predictions for Trafford
Against a backdrop of a forecasted bloodbath for Labour, can they emerge bruised, but afloat? And where will it leave the Tories?
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Budget 26 – the fallout
In which I reflect on Trafford’s Budget Meeting, the culmination of a process where the government has provided borrowing facilities in place of funding councils in a commuter belt stretching from Southport to Worcestershire.
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Sciencing Health
My lay person’s report on the research presentations I received at Wythenshawe Hospital this week on our Governor Development Day.
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Setting Trafford’s Budget Pt 8 The Budget is published.
In which the budget is published in readiness for the budget meetings and your writer calls out an unfair settlement from Government.
Twenty Twenty-Five
mikecordingley@canal27ways.uk
0797 404 4777