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Litter – What is it good for?
The Select Committee responsible for looking at Councils has just launched an inquiry into litter. The promotional video below is looking at very similar aspects to the Panorama last year featuring Gorse Hill. There’s a focus in the video on enforcement looking once again at the Braintree experience…
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Trafford Council in £6m cock-up
Trafford Council PR 3092 19/06/2014 [For Immediate Release] Trafford Council to bring forward additional in year savings Trafford Council is considering further measures to make sure it doesn’t exceed its budget in the current financial year. Following a review of its budget, it was identified that…
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Tories compromise public safety? – Nothing new there, but this is serious!
101 sexual assaults including rapes in one year in London alone from taxi and private hire drivers and the Tories with full support of the Lib Dems are relaxing rules. source: Transport for London The coalition government are so hell-bent on de-regulation there comes a point when we…
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Would a single Greater Manchester Council give more clout?
Both Chicago and Manchester have about 2.8 million people yet Manchester still struggles to punch its weight on the world stage. Is this to do with Greater Manchester’s dissipated local government with its 10 councils and chief executives all competing with each other rather than the slim-lined single…
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Alley success
Get Growing! – Barton Alleys Get Fresh Look for the New Year Could it be done here? Over 200 households backing onto 9 alleyways in Barton, Salford are receiving an exciting green makeover thanks to a project supported by the Big Lottery Fund that has been running in…
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The wheels on the bus are green.
I was very pleased to attend the launch of the green buses on the 256 route a little while back. This is a welcome change to the service. These green buses switch to electric running in cruise. It’s an important route to Stagecoach carrying a million passenger journeys.…


