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Don’t look at Trafford General in Isolation
Councils back Kate Green MP in critique of Trafford’s Health Plans Manchester has become the latest body to question whether the plans to downgrade A&E at Trafford General are viable without the assurance of investment in other services across the region. Most significantly, the City Council’s Health Scrutiny…
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Weekly Update 30/7/2012 –
Tuesday Meeting to discuss Gorse Hill priorities on the Councils ward profile Meeting of Urmston’s Community Panel of Trafford Housing Trust. These panels distributed £0.75m across the borough last year and so are probably the biggest and most accessible funders of local community projects. The Urmston panel covers…
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Weekly Update 30/7/2012 – Executive Meeting – chapter four (Council Tax Benefit)
Council Tax Support The Government is abolishing Council Tax Benefit and delegating responsibility to Councils to support the poorest. Problem is that they’re not funding a replication of the existing scheme. Instead they’re making arbitrary cuts of 12%. They’re protecting pensioners but in some ways that makes it…
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Weekly Update 30/7/2012 – Executive Meeting – chapter three (Community Infrastructure Levy)
Community Infrastruture Levy When major housing or retail developments are built, it often places a burden on Council’s to support the development with infrastructure. The classic example is extra classrooms in a school when a development increases the school age population. Currently developers have been expected to make…
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Weekly Update 30/7/2012 – Executive Meeting – chapter two (The Scrutiny Reports)
Scrutiny Report on Domestic Violence Strategies in Trafford A very lengthy report – nevertheless, I do worry that many of the 24 recommendations were based on anecdotal evidence. It seems telling that this Conservative Council has cut the budget to Trafford’s Women’s Aid by 42%. Scrutiny acknowledge that…
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Weekly Update 30/7/2012 – Executive Meeting – chapter one (Trafford Community Leisure Trust)
Thoughts on the Council Executive Meeting of 30th July(a long meeting of many parts) Annual Report from Trafford Community Leisure Trust Jo Cherrett from the trust gave very upbeat feedback speaking to a summary of the annual report. The trust has performed well over the year. Key achievements…