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Updates, Overlaps & Upshots – Communities and Equalities Scrutiny Committee February 2022

17 February, 2022 Jackie 1 Comment

A heated discussion of homelessness and a new zero carbon toolkit for cultural institutions at February’s Communities and Equalities Scrutiny…

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A Way of Flying: CEM at the new Climate Justice Gallery, Manchester Art Gallery

14 February, 2022 Jackie Leave a comment

A new Climate Justice Gallery is now open at Manchester Art Gallery (MAG), featuring artworks from its publicly owned collection.…

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Low-hanging Climate Fruit Pudding: a recipe for a disaster?

15 January, 2022 Jackie Leave a comment

A double helping of Communities and Equalities Scrutiny Committee from Jackie Haynes, summarising the low calorie discussions in December and…

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Where on earth is Manchester City Council’s climate emergency disconnect coming from?

24 November, 2021 Jackie Leave a comment

Last month, the Chair, Cllr John Hacking, clearly and repeatedly emphasised the necessity for all reports brought to scrutiny to…

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Communities and Equalities Scrutiny Committee: Renewing a Climate Emergency Promise

1 November, 2021 Jackie 2 Comments

Jackie Haynes from Team Scrutiny discusses the climate-relevant content from last month’s Communities and Equalities Scrutiny Committee of Manchester City…

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Manchester’s histories, domestic abuse, and possible derring-do for climate scrutiny?

23 September, 2021 Jackie Leave a comment

This month the Chair of the Communities and Equalities Scrutiny committee fed a line purely for my benefit, even though…

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Posted in: Communities and Equalities Scruinty Committee, TeamSF

Young gymnasts recycle 100%, other leisure centres deploy magic fogging machine

6 August, 2021 Jackie Leave a comment

Team Scrutiny‘s Jackie Haynes reports from July’s Communities and Equalities Scrutiny Committee meeting which included a discussion of the recycling…

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Posted in: Communities and Equalities Scruinty Committee, TeamSF, Uncategorized

Ahoy! A Cross-cutting Catalyst for Climate Change? : Communities and Equalities Scrutiny Committee 22 June 2021

26 June, 2021 Jackie Leave a comment

Our reporter Jackie Haynes spots a paper that begins to think how climate change relates to the brief of a…

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Communities and Equalities Scrutiny Committee, Thu 11 Mar 2021 by @houseofhaynesfd

15 March, 2021 Jackie 1 Comment

Wishing all our Manchester City Councillors a very Happy Municipal New Year! Especially to those who do everything they can…

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Posted in: Communities and Equalities Scruinty Committee, Operation Scrutiny

Art matters: where were the leaders? Report on the Art Galleries Committee, 17 February

25 February, 2021 Jackie Leave a comment

Jackie Haynes of Climate Emergency Manchester’s “Team SF” watched the meeting of the Manchester City Council  Art Galleries Committee on…

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climateemergmcr Climate Emergency Manchester @climateemergmcr ·
1 Jul

Ekua Bayunu quits Mcr Labour, citing targeted bullying and harassment (which Labour deny) on the basis of her politics and also her identity and relationship with the country. She says being a black woman and a socialist in Manchester Labour party is 'increasingly untenable'.

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invisiblemapper Jon Silver @invisiblemapper ·
1 Jul

Couple of things to consider

Two Black councillors have quit the Labour Party in a year...clearly this is deeply troubling

Ekua joining the Green Party make it the official opposition in Manchester

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1 Jul

🚨 Breaking: Manchester councillor Ekua Bayunu has quit Labour to join the Greens, saying she felt 'constantly at odds' with the culture of the party. More to follow... #LDReporter #LabourParty #GreenParty

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houseofhaynesfd Jackie Haynes @houseofhaynesfd ·
30 Jun

Isn’t honesty the best policy @ManCityCouncil @bevcraig @CllrTR ? It would be a good start. https://climateemergencymanchester.net/2022/06/24/manchesters-housing-strategy-fails-climate-emergency-honesty-test-so-what-could-be-done-differently/ @ClimateEmergMcr @LindaFLabour

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24 Jun

Manchester’s Housing Strategy fails climate emergency honesty test: so what could be done differently?

https://climateemergencymanchester.net/2022/06/24/manchesters-housing-strategy-fails-climate-emergency-honesty-test-so-what-could-be-done-differently/

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