Last night was the meeting of Bury’s full Council. Regrettably I was away on holiday (they’d changed the date of the meeting…..), here are the questions and answers asked by my colleagues in the Liberal Democrat Group. You can read Cllr Richard Baum’s write up of the Council here, here and here! Councillor Steve Wright […]

Yesterday was the Annual Council Meeting of Bury Council. This is an important meeting as it establishes who will be running the Council for the following year, and which Councillors will serve on various Committees and outside bodies. In the second part of the meeting we elect the Mayor of Bury for the year. This […]

The last full Council meeting of Bury Council saw its usual share of questions to the Council leadership. As we’re getting fairly close to local and general elections – everything is getting fairly political… Here are some of the questions asked by myself and members of the Liberal Democrat Group.

Last night was the regular meeting of the Governors of Prestwich Arts College. This is one of the two local schools in the ward that I serve as a school governor. We started the meeting with a tour of some of the new facilities that have been built as a result of the recent capital […]

… is how everyone involved in the Campaign feels after Manchester Council’s Planning Committee has today voted , about 9 votes to 5 votes to APPROVE the Commercial Soccer Centre in Heaton Park. An impressive crowd of protestors made it to Manchester Town Hall on a Thursday afternoon and the public areas were packed with […]

At Bury’s Full Council meeting, we get to ask questions to the Council’s Executive Committee. Since the Conservatives changed the rules a couple of year ago, hardly any actually get answered nowardays, but we do get written answers (ie a written copy of what was to have been said) after the meeting if they’re not […]

At Full Council we get the opportunity to ask questions to “Joint Authorities” in Greater Manchester. Here are quesions asked by me and my Lib Dem colleagues Richard Baum and Donal O’Hanlon. Fire Authority: Cllr Tim Pickstone Would the Council’s representative to the GMFRS join me in congratulating all GMFRS staff who have been involved […]

Last night was the regular “Full Council” meeing for Bury Council. This is the meeting that brings together all 51 members of the Council five or six times a year. The mood of the meeting last night was restrained, if only because it was SO awful the time before, that everybody seemed to want to […]

Last night was the regular meeting of Bury Council’s Executive Committee. This brings together the 11 Executive Members from the ruling Conservative Group, myself and the Leader of the Labour Group attend but with no vote. Bury But Better Town Centre Vision One of the weightier issues on the agenda, but one which attracted little […]

Yesterday I attended the Prestwich Local Area Tasking Team. This is the body that brings together various staff that are working to make Prestwich a safer place (Police, Council, Six Town Housing etc). I try to attend as a representative of the nice Prestwich councillors. Yesterday’s meeting was, for some reason, very poorly attended – […]