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Incinerator gets go ahead from High Court
It’s very disappointing that the High Court has confirmed the decision of the Planning Inspectorate allowing the incinerator to go ahead at Barton. I’m disappointed, but not totally surprised. The legal grounds presented in argument always seemed shaky at best and centred around the sustainability of a wood…
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Could the streets once again be alive with the sound of children playing?
Lovely story from the TelegraphIn 2011, a group of parents in Bristol, concerned about their children’s health and their lack of outside play, decided to use legislation designed for street parties to apply to have their street closed to cars. Later that year, Bristol City Council introduced a…
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Would you give a freezing child your coat?
Freezing Johannes is left freezing at a bus stop. How many will help this child?
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Allowing our Cities to thrive
” Our cities offer people the biggest range of economic opportunities. They are home to the most productive parts of the economy and they are places where new ideas are generated, businesses are started and expanded, wages are higher and people’s ambitions can be fulfilled. Our 64 biggest…
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Quote of the Day
“An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport.” Enrique Peñalosa, Former Mayor of Bogata, Columbia Image Dodo from Finland, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Trafford Budget Debate – Variations on a theme of Pickles worship
Local public services have taken the biggest hit from this government. It’s the poorer areas that have taken the biggest hit. Surrey actually gets an increase in its funding. Labour called for Tory Trafford council to make representation to Government that the cuts would impact on the most…