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Amey and Trafford’s relationship is up for Review
The Amey One Trafford Partnership has been a feature of life in Trafford for the last six and a half years and we’re coming up to the 7 year review. So whether you’re itching to get Amey out of your life, or happy to move forward together, councillor…
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Our genuine Budget Dilemma shouldn’t mean we target residents who already have to put up with too much on a match day
Stop Press Good News: The proposal to charge for visitors has been withdrawn As it stands today the council is having to save or draw in income amounting to over £11 million. This is after increased council tax and use of reserves is factored in. So we’re under…
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Good Strategy, Implementation when? Ever?
Two very different reports approved by Trafford within days
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Can Covid be in the past whilst rates soar?
Answer: Possibly not, but it’s not our biggest problem right now For a long time I have been keeping a close watch of hospital admissions in the north west and also deaths. Those figures have been gently coming down for a few months. So, I must admit I…
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A slight change to the Labour rulebook
Warning: this is really an issue internal to the Labour Party. I try to keep my comments on these things to a minimum but this has been such an irritation for so long I’m sure you’ll forgive my indulgence. I know rule changes can be boring but this…
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Addressing the broken housing market
I chaired a good meeting last night looking at social housing within Trafford. It was a meeting I was quite keen to have. I think a lot of us had picked up on a perfect storm affecting people hoping to set up home in Trafford. Inflated house prices,…