Manchester City Council

Whalley Range Labour - Manchester City Council Building

Manchester’s budget consultation closing tomorrow

Manchester City Council is asking all city residents to help ensure that the Council’s priorities still reflect those of Manchester’s people. Whalley Range Labour councillor Aftab Razaq says “We won’t need to make savings beyond efficiencies already identified but the decisions we make now will affect our budgets in the future. We’re also having to […]

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Whalley Range Labour - Angeliki Stogia Wins National Climate Award

Angeliki Stogia wins national climate award

On December 1, at the national Councillor Awards in London hosted by the LGIU and CCLA Good Investment, Whalley Range Labour councillor Angeliki Stogia won the zero carbon by 2038 – 12 years ahead of the Government’s own target of 2050. A key pillar of this aim was the launch of the City Centre Transport Strategy,

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Whalley Range Labour - COVID-19 Enhanced Response Area

Council update: COVID-19 Enhanced Response Area

Local residents have been in touch with Whalley Range Labour councillors Aftab Razaq, Angeliki Stogia and Muqaddasah Bano, after the Government announced that the whole of Greater Manchester (including Whalley Range) is to be designated as an Enhanced Response Area (ERA). This has happened because COVID-19 cases are increasing locally, probably due to the Delta

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Whalley Range Labour - Councillor Bano WINS For Whalley Range Labour

Election 2021 – Bano wins in Whalley Range!

Following the election yesterday and the count today at Manchester Convention Centre which concluded at 6.30pm, Muqaddasah Bano has been declared the new councillor for Whalley Range. The final tally of votes on a turnout of 34.8% is as follows: BANO, Muqaddasah Labour 2,733 MCGUINESS, Andrew Liberal Democrat 102 MCMANUS, Beth Green 955 TANG, Andrew

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Whalley Range Labour - Postal Vote Dealine Day

Go Postal – apply to vote early this year

The government has reconfirmed that the local election postponed from last year will take place on Thursday 6 May. While electors can be confident that voting on the day at polling stations will be completely safe, it may be less convenient than usual – for example, some polling stations may have to temporarily relocate (especially

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Whalley Range Labour - Manchester City Council Building

Have your say on a possible Council Tax increase

Manchester City Council’s net revenue budget – the budget used to deliver services – is just over £666m. More than half of this budget is spent on Health and Social Care, and Children’s Services. The council is facing an incredibly difficult budget position in 2021/22. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has meant increased costs

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Whalley Range Labour - Assia Shah Takes Action on Landlord Evictions During COVID

Taking action on eviction as Covid-19 crisis bites

On 20 September the Tory government scrapped their temporary suspension of landlords’ rights to serve eviction notices. Tenants across the country can face losing their homes if they fall behind with rent due to short-term hardship during the Covid-19 crisis. Assia Shah, Whalley Range Labour candidate in May 2021, says “I’m really concerned about the

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Keeping cyclists and walkers in the Loop…

Manchester City Council, with partners Sustrans and Transport for Greater Manchester, have big plans to upgrade the popular cycling (and walking) route along the Fallowfield Loop, and they have launched a consultation to prioritise the improvements. The traffic-free route links Chorlton in the west to Gorton and Fairfield in the east, running along the southern

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