Whalley Range Labour Party members and supporters popped into Alexandra Park on Sunday along with Afzal Khan MP to join the three Labour candidates for this year’s local elections – Aftab Razaq, Angeliki Stogia and Mary Watson – and kickstart Labour’s election campaign in earnest. Because of the boundary changes, all the councillors are up […]
Countdown to local elections on Thurs 3rd May Read More »
This year’s local elections are on Thursday 3rd May. If you think you may be away, or busy, on polling day, you can register for a postal vote. It’s easy to do, but the deadline is Wednesday 18th April. The Labour Party has provided an online tool to make it simple to apply – you
Need a postal vote? do it bEFORE April 18th! Read More »
At the full Council Meeting on 21 March, Labour councillors voted unanimously to ensure that planning committee members have more transparent information from property developers about the viability of the schemes, when assessing the contribution which developers must make as part of the negotiation for planning approval. Councillor Angeliki Stogia, who spoke in favour of
new housing developments – Greater transparency Read More »
Have you recently moved into the local area? Or just turned eighteen years old? Be sure you don’t lose the right to vote in this year’s local elections, which are on Thursday 4 May. The deadline to register is Tuesday 17 April. Under the system of Individual Electoral Registration, each person is responsible for making
register to vote by Tuesday 17 April!! Read More »
Mary, Angeliki and Aftab cycle on Upper Chorlton RoadGreater Manchester recently won £22m of government funding for Phase 2 of the Cycle City Ambition Grant (CCAG2). Manchester City Council have allocated some of this grant to create a new Chorlton Road Cycle Corridor linking Chorlton with central Manchester and including a section running along Upper
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It’s not Whalley Range. But Chorlton is nearby, and for better or worse many Whalley Range residents visit the shops and facilities there and will be interested in how the area may change in the next few years. Manchester City Council are inviting your comments on three significant development sites in the Chorlton area –
Consultation on new developments in Chorlton Read More »
The great work by local volunteers in the Whalley Rangers group has been recognised with the shortlisting of the group as finalist in two categories of the ‘Be Proud‘ Awards, organised by Manchester City Council. The ceremony will be held at the Town Hall on 24th November. Meanwhile Alexandra Park is in the running for
Whalley Rangers and Alex Park up for more awards Read More »
This short survey should only take a couple of minutes to complete, and will give really useful feedback. Whalley Range Branch Labour Party normally meets once a month, with the exception of April (if there are local elections in May that year), August (when many members are on holiday) and December (when people tend to
Members survey – meeting venue & other questions Read More »
You may know already that local government ward boundaries in Manchester are set to change – we wrote a previous post about this before. This means a number of important changes are about to happen, from who your elected representatives are to how the Labour Party is organised in the city generally, but particularly in
Q&A about the boundary changes in Whalley Range Read More »
After the dreadful attack at the Manchester Arena in May, Manchester people from all communities have come together to show solidarity against this atrocity. But there has also been a reported upsurge in racially motivated hate crime, particularly directed against women. Whalley Range Labour councillor Mary Watson proposed a motion in the Council meeting on
Speaking up for Manchester’s women after Arena attack Read More »