Category Archives: Manchester City Council

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#Manchester Environmental Scrutiny – 1 of 16 has done Carbon Literacy Training

Posted on May 24, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Only 1 of the 16 Council members tasked with keeping tabs on Manchester City Council’s environmental performance has actually completed “Carbon Literacy” training. The recently re-named “Neighbourhoods and Environment” Scrutiny Committee is supposed to ask awkward questions of the Council … Continue reading →

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Scrutiny Week – May 2016. #Manchester Council and its #climate silence

Posted on May 19, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Why doesn’t Manchester City Council put all its scrutiny committee meeting agendas on one web-page? Is it just their usual incompetence and indolence, or are they trying to make it that leeeetle bit harder for citizens to know what is … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Council refuses to disclose full cost of support for useless #climate group

Posted on May 18, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council has refused to put a specific number on its financial support for the “Steering Group”. While it has given the group over £ 100k, the Council  has performed precisely zero cost-benefit analysis of what it is getting … Continue reading →

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And the new Neighbourhoods and Environment Chair is… Cllr Kevin Peel

Posted on May 17, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council has a new chair of its “Neigbhourhoods and Environment” Scrutiny Committee (according to MCFly’s secret sauce – watch this space for an official announcement).  After the one-year reign of Councillor Dan Gillard (who has moved to a … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Council spends over £100k on #climate group, asks no questions about effectiveness

Posted on May 17, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council has spent well over one hundred thousand pounds propping up the “Manchester A Certain Future Steering Group”, but has not undertaken any cost-benefit analysis. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the Council has stated … Continue reading →

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#Manchester City Council fails to respond to FoIA re setting up a blog

Posted on May 16, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council has not responded to an information request about the Executive Member for the Environment’s promised but non-existent blog. On April 13 MCFly requested basic information about the correspondence between Councillor Kate Chappell, who, in 2014 had agreed … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Steering Group, £100k, promises to overhaul website. Doesn’t.

Posted on May 9, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Last July the the Manchester A Certain Future Steering Group*, which has received cash and seconded staff in excess of £100k from Manchester City Council,  published its annual report.  In that report they promised newsletters (a promise they broke). They … Continue reading →

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Elections and Climate, Vale 4 Labour Councillors (#Manchester’s loss)

Posted on May 7, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

SHOCK NEWS: Manchester Climate Monthly writes nice things about a) anyone and b) councillors. The local council elections on Thursday ended Manchester Labour’s complete control.  They now only have 95 of the 96 council seats.  The one odd-person-out is John … Continue reading →

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Greens edge Labour in election!!! …

Posted on May 4, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

… survey.  Greens edge Labour in election survey. Sorry, couldn’t help myself. Manchester Friends of the Earth does an election survey, where they ask candidates for local authority seats across Greater Manchester a series of questions about their positions on … Continue reading →

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Comically inept #Manchester Steering Group has no energy chair #climate #farce 

Posted on May 4, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Over five working days ago, the Steering Group promised imminent answers to questions that it had “not” ignored.  Of course, those answers have not arrived.  It’s like Waiting for Godot, with all of Beckett’s bleakness, but none of his intelligence. … Continue reading →

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