Category: Weekly Updates
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Weekly Update 18th July 2011
A moment of Peace and Harmony in Trafford? Tuesday Meeting of Community Activists at Urmston Library Poorly attended and I left early before the drumming started. (don’t ask..) Wednesday Meeting of Full Council I asked a pre-notified question on staffing. At the beginning of the last financial year, Trafford had the equivalent of 3,175 full…
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Weekly update 12th July 2011
Tories do their best to jeopardise school/park consultation Back from my holiday. I’ve tried to keep up with events whilst away. The Derwent Appeal against their application for judicial review has been rejected. As far as I’m aware, that is the end of the line in their attempts to prevent the approval of Tesco’s plans.…
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Weekly Update 27th June 2011
Truly Deserved Tribute Highlight of the week had to be the presentation of the Freedom of Trafford to the 207 Field Hospital (volunteer) which took place at Sale Waterside on Thursday 23rd June. The Field Hospital is based at the Barracks on Kings Road, Old Trafford so it’s a very appropriate award. Trafford doesn’t grant…
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Weekly Update 20th June 2011
The Economics of Hope Ed Balls’ call for a cut in VAT was timely. The UK economy is flat-lining as was feared by Labour. George Osborne’s reliance on savage cuts to eradicate the deficit without a strategy for growth risks consigning the UK to the slow lane. Unless we can stimulate the economy, clearing the…
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Weekly Update 6th June 2011
A Conundrum in the Park We three Gorse Hill Councillors along with our Longford and Stretford colleagues descended upon Stretford High School on Monday night as a consultation on new sports facilities got underway. This was not an easy meeting. The ongoing saga of the giant Tesco casts a mega-shadow over any proposal. As part…
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Weekly Update 30th May 2011
Council gets back in its stride Monday Executive Meeting of Council Top item on agenda was the consultation on home to school transport. Essentially we can anticipate that after the consultation there will be much less support for getting children to schools that are further away. This includes children with special needs and those who…