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Category: Bev Craig

If you ever needed evidence that the declaration of Climate Emergency was a sham…

22 March, 2024 Calum McFarlane 3 Comments

Since Manchester City Council declared a Climate Emergency in the heady days of July 2019, you could be forgiven for…

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Posted in: Badverts, Bev Craig, Carbon Budgets, Manchester City Council, Manchester Labour Party

Riding on Mayor Andy’s coat tails: CEM reflections from the GM Green Summit 2022

1 December, 2022 Adam Leave a comment

A few weeks have passed and the dust settled on the fifth Greater Manchester Green Summit, this year held in…

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Posted in: Bev Craig, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Mayor's Green Summit

The city’s carbon budget is blown. Not that you’d notice.

14 November, 2022 Calum McFarlane 1 Comment

Back in September, we reported on how the Council approved a revised Framework that didn’t move the needle on the…

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Posted in: Bev Craig, Carbon Budgets Filed under: budget, carbon, foia, inaction

Party leaders clash over cuts to opposition allowances

20 May, 2022 Robbie 3 Comments

The first full Council meeting after the local elections featured a debate about members’ allowances for opposition work at Manchester…

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Posted in: Bev Craig, Manchester City Council Filed under: leech

After Manchester’s local elections – what now for climate activism? 

12 May, 2022 Robbie Leave a comment

On Friday 6th May we learned of Manchester’s local election results, and just as the dust settles, the business of…

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Posted in: 2021 Local Elections, Bev Craig, Scrutiny Committee Meetings, TeamSF

New Leader declines to answer questions about airport & climate policy at full Council

6 December, 2021 Robbie 1 Comment

When Councillor Bev Craig became Leader on 1st December, she gave a speech (part of which addressed climate change, which…

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Posted in: Bev Craig, Manchester Airport

New Leader’s speech on climate emergency: the good, the bad & the contradictory

Robbie 1 Comment

When Councillor Bev Craig became Leader on 1st December, she gave a speech to the full Council, part of which…

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Posted in: Bev Craig, Manchester City Council

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