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Category: Scrutiny Committee Meetings

D minus for Democracy in Manchester Town Hall – better scrutiny needed

11 March, 2020 Marc Hudson Leave a comment

Dar and Doswells demands for detail deliberately derailed during debate. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a couple…

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Posted in: Scrutiny Committee Meetings

Green Neighbourhood Investment Fund rejected by Manchester councillors

26 February, 2020 Marc Hudson Leave a comment

Juan Villanueva, who runs The Green Bee website, reports from the last scrutiny meeting of Manchester City Council before the…

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Posted in: Resources and Governance Scrutiny Committee, Scrutiny Committee Meetings

NESC 5th February: exceptional meetings are stop-gaps, we need a 7th scrutiny committee long-term

5 February, 2020 Chloe 7 Comments

We knew this was going to be an unusual Neighbourhoods and Environment Scrutiny Committee. The agenda had caused a double…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council, Neighbourhoods and Environment Scrutiny Committee, Scrutiny Committee Meetings, Zero Carbon Framework

2030-ish zero carbon date for #Manchester – report to be released

7 November, 2019 Marc Hudson

The core demand of Climate Emergency Manchester’s petition (now closed – thanks to all who signed and got others to…

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Posted in: Scrutiny Committee Meetings

Scrutiny scrutinised #01: Neighbourhoods and Environment Scrutiny Committee, July 2019, CED + 7 days.

19 July, 2019 Marc Hudson

What the hell does that title mean?  Well, Climate Emergency Manchester is going to start (1)  scrutinising the scrutiny process. …

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Climate Emergency Manchester scrutinises report to Council… Weds 17th July

16 July, 2019 Marc Hudson 1 Comment

Possibly the least enticing blog post headline of all time, but this stuff matters, no matter how you (don’t) dress…

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#climate & Great Ancoats cycle lanes & on the scrutiny agenda in #Manchester. Pre-meeting, Weds 17th July, 1pm

15 July, 2019 Marc Hudson 2 Comments

You are invited to attend the next meeting of Climate Emergency Manchester. It is this Wednesday, 17th July, from 1pm…

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Posted in: meetings, Scrutiny Committee Meetings

How can #Manchester City Council’s scrutiny committees respond to the #climate emergency? Open letters…

10 July, 2019 Marc Hudson 2 Comments

Manchester City Council has just declared a climate emergency. The motion was good (you can see an annotated version of…

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Learn to scrutinise #Manchester Council, in practice… Weds 19th June, 1pm

17 June, 2019 Marc Hudson

Manchester City Council has 96 councillors. There is a ten member Executive which is responsible for policy.  There are six…

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Posted in: meetings, Scrutiny Committee Meetings Filed under: Eco Schools, Neighbourhoods and Environment Scrutiny Committee

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