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Filming #Manchester Council meetings IS allowed, despite what you are told.
The tl:dr – chairs of committees and senior officers of Manchester City Council receive NO training in the rights of citizens to film meetings. If they make claims about filming that mean citizens are misinformed of their rights, there is … Continue reading
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Upcoming event: Innovation and #climate change, #Manchester 26/27 November
So this below (click here to register) is coming up. Before we get there- The following is worth noting- There is no email list for people in Manchester to hear about stuff the Council is putting on to do with … Continue reading
Breaking: Zero carbon date for #Manchester to be discussed. Transparently and openly? Well, it depends on your definition…
The Executive of Manchester City Council WILL receive a ‘zero carbon by when?’ report this year. Speaking today at the City Council’s Neighbourhoods and Environment Scrutiny Committee (1), Councillor Annette Wright (2) stated “I’ve confirmed with the Leader [Richard Leese] … Continue reading
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Formal complaint about the behavoiur of Richard Leese, to #Manchester City Council
The following complaint about the actions of the Leader of Manchester City Council has been submitted on Sunday 3rd November. The Monitoring Officer, Chief Executive’s Department, Town Hall, Manchester M60 2LA or demserv@manchester.gov.uk 3rd November 2019 Dear Sir/Madam, Re: … Continue reading
Hilarious response to questions about Leader’s Blog on @ManCityCouncil website
The tl:dr. Comments haven’t been disabled on the Leader’s Blog. Glitch in the software, old chap. Web monkeys working overtime to fix it. Richard Leese has been the leader of Manchester City Council for 23 (twenty-three – quarter of … Continue reading
Clean air, toxic men and morbid symptoms in #Manchester
This Council is ugly as a dog that has been chasing too many parked cars. Even if the parked cars are, as our exalted life-time leader points out, “are zero emissions, they’re only a problem when they move.” Manchester City … Continue reading
Manchester City Council assigns no new resources for #climate emergency
Via climateemergencymanchester.net Campaigners have revealed that Manchester City Council has assigned no additional resources to climate action after its ‘climate emergency’ declaration in July. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request submitted in early September, the Council was … Continue reading
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