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Council goes Kafka
Council has been cancelling meetings during by-elections. They’ve always done it. It’s always been a problem, but we’ve worked around it. Having two consecutive by-elections has broken the system in my view, we’ve had no budget scrutiny, we’ve a huge backlog in performance reports. I have tried to…
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Pee, Poo and Paper Rules and a trip to Davyhulme Works.
In which a visit to the sewage works is both a cause of extreme local historical pride; and a trigger to rethink the extent to which we respect our drains.
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MFT gets fit for the future
The Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) council of governors reviewed its five-year strategy, emphasizing the need for a neighbourhood health service to enhance local care and reduce fragmentation. We’re supportive of this initiative, which integrates digital tools like the MyMFT App to improve patient engagement and accountability,…
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August update
An August update. There’s a lot of things that should be progressing, but aren’t really. And there’s some awfully large trees.
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Gloomy Outlook for Council Finances
A gloomy take on Trafford Council’s finances whilst at the same time wondering whether it’s time to put neighbourhood beyond being reassigned.
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Weekly Update
Quite a light week for meetings. Planning committee met on Thursday with a comparatively light agenda, but that was my only obligatory meeting. We had our monthly advice surgery on the 5th. Since I won’t be standing for re-election next May (2026), potential replacements are proactively getting involved…