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38 days before the council ‘partnership’ @McrClimate goes to Glasgow #COP26, with a new director of the ‘agency’, but no moral authority

24 September, 2021 Adam Peirce 2 Comments

Manchester City Council’s Executive most recent meeting was the week following the Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee (ECC) where…

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Posted in: Executive Meetings, Manchester City Council, Operation Scrutiny, TeamSF

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

Nearest NHS dentist in Huddersfield and still no climate talk to sink teeth into

15 September, 2021 Hannah Leave a comment

My deepest apologies for the pun. September’s Health Scrutiny Meeting addressed, among other things, our dental services. Of the committee…

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Posted in: Health Scrutiny Committee, TeamSF

Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee – A fractured yet forensic affair

13 September, 2021 Simon 3 Comments

September’s Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee meeting was the most fractured one yet. On the agenda was an annual…

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Posted in: Carbon Budgets, Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee, Manchester Climate Change Partnership, TeamSF, Uncategorized

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

Concerns raised for Manchester’s green spaces in ‘Places for Everyone’ proposals

28 July, 2021 Robbie Leave a comment

Councillors raised concerns about provisions for green spaces in the controversial and much delayed Places for Everyone plan at the…

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Posted in: Economy Scrutiny Committee, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, TeamSF

What progress at Environment and Climate Scrutiny Committee? Imagine a swan, gliding upside down in water

27 July, 2021 Simon 1 Comment

The July meeting of the Environment and Climate Scrutiny Committee was a deflating experience, writes Simon Jermy for Team Scrutiny.  …

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Posted in: Carbon Budgets, Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee, TeamSF

All crisis cafes, no climate crisis: Health Scrutiny Committee, 21 July 2021

26 July, 2021 Hannah Leave a comment

July’s Health Scrutiny Committee offered updates on COVID-19, health inequalities and on mental health services, but unfortunately hasn’t made the…

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Posted in: Health Scrutiny Committee, TeamSF

Councillors with cash for carbon cuts seek good news story

23 July, 2021 Robbie Leave a comment

The Council got a grant from the national government to install solar panels and heat pumps. We put the story…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council, Operation Scrutiny, Resources and Governance Scrutiny Committee, Scrutiny Committee Meetings, TeamSF Filed under: Cllr Andrew Simcock, Cllr Sarah Russell

Surges, shuttle buses and social care: Health Scrutiny Committee, 24 June 2021

2 July, 2021 Hannah Leave a comment

June’s Health Scrutiny Committee offered updates on ‘classic numbers’ of recent months (notably COVID-19). But there’s a real chance to…

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Posted in: Health Scrutiny Committee, TeamSF

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

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Behind all the fancy words, there is little real substance to Manchester's zero carbon pledges, part 487... https://twitter.com/ClimateEmergMcr/status/1539875848139980800

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23 Jun

Manchester's draft Housing Strategy is misleading, vague and insufficient in its zero carbon agenda.

Councillors on today's Economy Scrutiny Committee must ask why this is. They should recommend changes before the Strategy is passed to the Executive.

https://climateemergencymanchester.net/2022/06/23/manchesters-draft-housing-strategys-zero-carbon-agenda-performance-rating-f/

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We've been analysing the sustainability and zero carbon components of Manchester City Council's draft Housing Strategy that is going to its Economy Scrutiny Committee on Thursday.

It's not looking pretty.

Blog coming soon.

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23 Jun

Manchester’s draft Housing Strategy’s zero carbon agenda: Performance rating F? https://climateemergencymanchester.net/2022/06/23/manchesters-draft-housing-strategys-zero-carbon-agenda-performance-rating-f/

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22 Jun

We've been analysing the sustainability and zero carbon components of Manchester City Council's draft Housing Strategy that is going to its Economy Scrutiny Committee on Thursday.

It's not looking pretty.

Blog coming soon.

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