Category Archives: Manchester City Council

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Exclusive: #Manchester City Council renames Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Committee

Posted on March 16, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

There’s a headline to lead the 6pm news, eh? Manchester City Council has decided to change the name of its “Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Committee” to “Neighbourhoods and Environment,” with the change taking effect in May. Neighbourhoods is one of six scrutiny … Continue reading →

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Only 2 of 6 “Scrutiny” chairs of #Manchester Council are carbon literate

Posted on March 9, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Three of the six councillors who chair important* committees that are supposed to keep tabs on Manchester City Council have not completed either part of the  “Carbon Literacy” training that has been on offer since 2013.  One other has only … Continue reading →

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Leader of #Manchester Council, Richard Leese, has not completed “Carbon Literacy” training

Posted on March 7, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

As of two weeks ago* the Leader of Manchester City Council, Richard Leese, had still not completed any aspect of the “Carbon Literacy” training that he publicly launched over three years previously. In November 2009 Manchester City Council’s Executive – … Continue reading →

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Here comes the “2050” crapola. Be happy for it. #Manchester #climate

Posted on February 20, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The future is here, and we are avoiding it. 2020 used to be the target year, by which we would have done x and y and z. Sadly, we didn’t do those things. A mix of complacency, distraction, stupidity and … Continue reading →

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Scrutiny Week – February 2016. #Manchester – More #climate silence…

Posted on February 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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Scrutiny Week – January 2016. #Manchester

Posted on January 21, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council has 6 “scrutiny” committees that are supposed to keep tabs on what the 9 member Executive and the officers are up to. Supposed to. One of the problems is, there is not a single non-Labour councillor. So, … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Council spends £70k on Steering Group. Gets what exactly? #climate #debacle

Posted on January 20, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council has spent roughly seventy thousand pounds supporting a group that can’t even organise its own website, submit grant applications  and will not allow councillors attend its meetings.   The “Stakeholder Steering Group“, (also known as “MACF”)  for the … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Council admits in breach of FoIA rules over carbon literacy #climate debacle

Posted on January 19, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council has had to admit its failure to keep to the Freedom of Information Act rules. Almost a year ago it said it would provide the names of Councillors who had completed “carbon literacy” training, or explain why … Continue reading →

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Not what we were LED to believe – #Manchester City Council fails again on #climate.

Posted on January 13, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Council bureaucrats have finally admitted that the plan to change the city’s streetlights to LEDs,  (first promised in 2012) which has been delayed by years, is not on track. This scheme, which is being financed by a private finance initiative … Continue reading →

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MACF’s Uncertain Future- fails to bid for cash, Council cash slashed (?)

Posted on December 14, 2015 by manchesterclimatemonthly

A group set up to advance Manchester’s climate goals has failed to even bid for money to keep itself afloat.  Meanwhile, it seems that the City Council, losing patience, has cut its support from two years to one… Once upon … Continue reading →

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