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Category: Petition for cash and democracy

Climate forgotten by Manchester council- Hung, Drawn and Quarterly #6

6 January, 2021 Marc Hudson 5 Comments

Today we release the latest “Hung Drawn and Quarterly”  report (pdf and word). We have been producing these assessments –…

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Posted in: Hung Drawn and Quarterly, Petition for cash and democracy

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

9 December, 2020 Adam Peirce 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

Over 1,500 signatures and a raft for the climate emergency. How did we get here?

11 November, 2020 Chloe 2 Comments

Deadline day has arrived. Official petitions to Manchester City Council have cut-off points, and the end date for requesting a…

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Posted in: Petition for cash and democracy, Thank you, What next for climate action in Manchester meeting

Leafletting in Burnage for a seventh scrutiny committee, on #climate for #Manchester

9 November, 2020 Marc Hudson Leave a comment

Our petition for a seventh scrutiny committee is almost closed. If you live, work or study within Manchester City Council’s…

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November Neighbourhoods and Environment Scrutiny Committee – No bandwidth for the climate emergency

5 November, 2020 Chloe 1 Comment

Simon Jermy reports for CEM on November NESC and how it further demonstrated the urgent need for a seventh scrutiny…

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Posted in: Neighbourhoods and Environment Scrutiny Committee, Petition for cash and democracy, Scrutiny Committee Meetings

Manchester Trades Council and Compass Manchester support the petition for a climate change scrutiny committee

Marc Hudson 1 Comment

Robbie Watt, co-lead of the Petition Taskforce has some good news about the petition for a seventh scrutiny committee. Manchester Trades…

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Petition – one week to go, ask two people you know

Chloe Leave a comment

There is more than one piece of nerve-wracking democracy unfolding this week. Our petition for a new scrutiny committee of…

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A message from Lemn Sissay about our #studentclimatehandbook and petition for #seventhscrutinynow

2 November, 2020 Marion Smith 1 Comment

We’ve got a special announcement this evening- we’re honoured to have Lemn Sissay endorse and support our Student Guide to…

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Posted in: Petition for cash and democracy, Student Climate Handbook

Petition update – with two weeks to go, we may need to nudge God

27 October, 2020 Chloe Leave a comment

More than 700 people have now signed the petition for a climate change scrutiny committee online, and a similar number…

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700 online signatures – interview with Beckie Walker, student at University of #Manchester

23 October, 2020 Marc Hudson Leave a comment

Regular readers of the Climate Emergency Manchester website may possibly have noticed our campaign to get 4000 signatures on  petition…

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climateemergmcr Climate Emergency Manchester @climateemergmcr ·
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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 ·
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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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josephtiman Joseph Timan @josephtiman ·
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🚨 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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