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Should we care about insects?
Am I the only person to think that a 75% reduction in flying insects since the 1980s might be the scariest thing? And then you start wondering whether we’ll ever see Daddy Long-Legs again?
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Understanding University Academy 92 – The Campus
Gary Neville’s University plans at core of a revised Stretford Masterplan What are the plans, what are the risks? The University itself Big launch, lots of photo-opportunities, noisy videos, but what do we really know of the plans? ..and what is the UA92 vision actually about? Universities have…
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A light shines on Private Landlords and their Tax Dodges (sadly in London!)
Up to 13,000 landlords in one east London borough have failed to declare their rental income to the Government, the local council has found. Local Gov News 14th August 2017 We only know this because Newham has a compulsory landlord registration scheme. In Trafford there is no landlord…
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Greater Manchester Mayor – Andy Burnham 100 days
Jen Williams is continually showing that great journalism doesn’t have to be London based. It’s worth reading the linked article from the Manchester Evening News. On the mayor, I haven’t changed my view. Only someone of the stature of Andy Burnham has a chance of making it work.…
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Some Current Casework
Just a flavour of some of my current casework. I’ve removed names from an email I’ve sent. Euroterminal I’ve been approached separately by a few people regarding increased noise, particularly in evenings and night. There seems to be increased noise from stationery trains close to the football stadium.…
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Scrutiny – July 2017
Scrutiny Our first scrutiny meeting of the council year was on Wednesday last week. Scrutiny is often about small gains/changes. The hard truth is if you want to make a real difference, you need to win elections and it’s now 15 years since we came out of an…