Category: Council
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Le Tour de Barton
A quick update on the Barton quarter of the ward
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Mission – To achieve a state of Happiness in Council Finances
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen, nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds and six, result misery. Mr Micawber’s Principle from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Mr Micawber’s rules for personal finance are still cited. They rather disregard mortgages and credit, but they still have some worth. The one…
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Latest Stretford Consultation: heights, greenspace and parking
Stretford town centre consultation. Caught somewhere between too much information and not enough, nevertheless still an exciting project.
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Consultation to begin on Davyhulme’s “Active Neighbourhood”
On Monday 2nd October the consultation begins on Davyhulme’s Active Neighbourhood. The proposals limit north-south traffic cutting through roads like Wallingford and Guildford Roads. It focuses east-west traffic on Lostock Road, Winchester Road and Canterbury Road. Railway Road will no longer be a through road. Full list of closures – these will often effectively create…
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Trafford’s Council is weaker without Adele
The Messenger is reporting that Adele New, Councillor for Bucklow St Martins (essentially Partington, Carrington and a neighbourhood of Sale) is to stand down with immediate effect. I want to pay tribute to the achievements that Adele strived for in her ward and Partington in particular. I’m tremendously sad to see Adele go. Partington is…
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Trust me, I’m a politician. How can we regain the trust we’ve lost?
I picked up Anthony Seldon’s book at Stretford library. It was published just as the MPs’ expenses scandal was peaking so perhaps a little out of date, but it got me interested in the latest figures which are summarised below: Office of National Statistics – Trust in Government 2022 So, only 35% trust the national…