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Category: Manchester City Council

Communities and Equalities Scrutiny Committee 14 Jan 2021 – Green with Scrutiny Committee Envy

17 January, 2021 Adam 1 Comment

Jackie Haynes tuned into January’s Communities and Equalities Scrutiny Committee and wished there was a committee like this for scrutinising…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council, Operation Scrutiny Filed under: Community and Equalities Scrutiny Committee

Neighbourhoods and Environment Scrutiny Committee, 13 Jan 2021 – Unpalatable cuts, outsourcing animal welfare and more trees

15 January, 2021 Adam Leave a comment

Simon Jermy tuned into January’s somewhat more functional Neighbourhoods and Environment Scrutiny Committee (NESC) for CEM this month. The summary…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council, Neighbourhoods and Environment Scrutiny Committee, Operation Scrutiny

Health Scrutiny Committee, 12 Jan 2021 – We are not just the COVID committee… although it sometimes feels like it.

Adam 2 Comments

Hannah Jewell tuned into January’s bumper 2hr36m Health Scrutiny Committee meeting in the hopes that climate emergency might make it…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council, Operation Scrutiny, Scrutiny Committee Meetings

How we’re scrutinising Manchester City Council in 2021 (starting with Resources and Governance Scrutiny Committee)

13 January, 2021 Chloe 13 Comments

Have you broken your New Year’s Resolutions yet? Or are you, understandably, sacking off that type of thing altogether this…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council, Operation Scrutiny, Resources and Governance Scrutiny Committee

Probably the most successful citizen-led petition in Manchester on Climate Change hands in its final paper signatures

9 December, 2020 Adam 2 Comments

Nearly a month has passed since we virtually celebrated with supporters our petition achievements: over 1500 signatures from the public…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council, Petition for cash and democracy

At last – new “partnership” chair announced – silence on past failures. #Manchester

18 November, 2020 Marc Hudson Leave a comment

Manchester Climate Change “Agency” has had a long long search for a chair for the ‘partnership’ of organisations that are…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council

Where is the new chief of the #Manchester #climate “partnership”? Announcement due next week.

12 November, 2020 Marc Hudson Leave a comment

Manchester City Council set up a “community interest company” (CIC) a few years ago.  Okay, that’s not a sentence that…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council

Full Council meets today. Ignores the “climate emergency” all 96 councillors voted for. What can we as citizens DO?

28 October, 2020 Marc Hudson Leave a comment

There hasn’t been a meeting of full Council all year, thanks to Covid.  Later this morning, there will be a…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council

Petition update – what’s happening? and how to help

13 October, 2020 Pooja Kishinani Leave a comment

Here’s the lowdown on the petition campaign, as of October 13th. Read on to find out what we’ve been up…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council, Petition for cash and democracy

That “we’re leaving carbon behind” campaign- Council admits “not based on scientific fact”: £30k wasted on misleading feel-good tosh

7 October, 2020 Marc Hudson 1 Comment

You’ve probably seen the adverts on the sides of buses, on billboards and in the Manchester Evening News. There’s the…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council, Petition for cash and democracy

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