Stockport Council meeting
Stockport Council is holding its latest full meeting tonight - andyou can follow live updates here.
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Right. Here is why there are protesters outside - manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-new…by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 5:50:13 PM -
The Tame Valley Defence Group says public opinion has not been properly gauged over the sell-off of 1.3 hectares of the park and has...by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 5:51:51 PM
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...submitted a formal complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman. Tonight the group will hand in a petition on the issue...by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 5:52:16 PM
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...Campaigner Pat Ruaune tells me the petition has amassed more than 8,000 paper signatures and 5,000 online ones...by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 5:54:47 PM
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...Mayor Chris Murphy will introduce this one later.by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 5:55:01 PM
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Exciting stuff, I've just been handed information about an announcement the Lib Dems are due to make later in the meeting...by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 5:56:23 PM
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...Stay tuned, it's a good'n!by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 5:56:54 PM
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I'm a bit gutted if I'm being honest. Didn't have time to eat at the Town Hall. Something smells amazing in the room next door...by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 5:57:58 PM
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...I'll have to battle on through the meeting being hungry.by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 5:58:16 PM
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Coun Vine asking about Stockport contact centres and 'complaints' about the service. Coun Weldon says the situation isn't getting worse.by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:07:40 PM
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Councillors shout back 'IT IS!' Coun Weldon goes on to say work is going on to progress the service.by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:08:32 PM
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Told you this bit of the meeting would rumble on for a while.by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:14:28 PM
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Coun Vine saying when there's problems with Stockport contact centres, there's too much hanging around with nobody answering the phoneby Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:15:04 PM
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Coun Weldon says it's better to report problems online, then the phone lines will be freed up for those without internet accessby Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:15:31 PM
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Coun Bagnall says Coun Weldon talking a lot about changing behaviour. Asks for some 'behavioural change' from Coun Weldon himselfby Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:16:46 PM
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Tells him to go home and try to ring the council himself. Then he'll see how bad the situation is. Says Coun Weldon 'hasn't given the...by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:17:34 PM
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...question the respect it deserves.' Coun Weldon says if he tested out the system himself, he'd be guilty himself of taking up a 'vital'...by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:18:06 PM
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...council resource. Few laughs at that one.by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:18:22 PM
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Coun Butler has just tweeted me telling me she's asked for a full report on this issue - contact centre - to go to CRMGby Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:21:03 PM
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...the committee meeting that is.by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:21:51 PM
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Coun Harding says 'where has this £100m come from when you can't afford to get a properly staffed contact centre?'by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:22:21 PM
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He's asked to go to the contact centre for a visit to see how it works 'in the real world'. Not been able to. 'Some resistance?' he suggestsby Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:23:16 PM
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Says staff are over worked and fed up. Council has created a huge backlog for staff to deal with. Coun Weldon coming back now...by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:23:49 PM
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No amendments to this motion. Or comments. Motion wholeheartedly agreed by entire chamber.by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:40:52 PM
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Coun Harding's up wit this air quality monitoring motion. Government ceasing requirement for local authorities to monitor air quality...by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:41:31 PM
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...he says. Highly relevant in Stockport he says - lots of roads causing considerable pollution.by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:42:31 PM
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Under coalition proposals, no monitoring would be required. Coun Harding says Stockport is a 'green borough' so this is an important issueby Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:43:16 PM
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We're putting cash into electric car charging points etc. And we 'all have lungs' so it's bad government proposing these relaxations...by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:43:57 PM
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...of requirements. Says we're serious in Stockport about environmental matters. Need to gather data to see how bad the problem is.by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:44:54 PM
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Coun Harding adds: "We can't all rest on our laurels because we can't see what's going into our lungs."by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:45:40 PM
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Hopes in the 'spirit of multi-party cooperation' all will support the motion as put forward. It won't be though - amendment on its way...by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:47:27 PM
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Coun Bodsworth moving the amendment. 'Friendly drafting amendment' he says - strengthens the original.by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:48:32 PM
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Coun Bodsworth registers an interest - he's employed by the Environment Agency. So he should know what he's talking about on this one...by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:49:25 PM
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Points out importance between semantic importance of differentiating between air 'pollution' and 'quality'.by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:49:57 PM
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The motion as amended requests the chief exec writes to the Sec of State for Env, Food and Rural Affairs urging him to maintain the legal...by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:50:59 PM
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...obligation for local authorities to monitor air quality. And that the council continues to support the work of the...by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:51:32 PM
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...Greater Manchester Air Quality Network. Coun Bodsworth adds council shouldn't 'scaremonger' about issue - is improving.by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:52:09 PM
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Adds air quality monitoring is rapidly improving. Says request to government for funding for MANDATORY air monitoring vital...by Todd Fitzgerald via twitter 11/28/2013 7:54:32 PM
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HS2 is a very expensive and very environmentally damaging project. If the council supports the motion, it can't call itself 'green'...by Stockport Express via twitter 11/28/2013 8:23:46 PM -
Coun Fitzpatrick summing up Labour position now.by Stockport Express via twitter 11/28/2013 8:25:26 PM
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Labour are supporting this motion. Coun Bodsworth's turn now. Calls Coun O'Neill's arguments 'clap-trap'. Says HS2 is about capacity...by Stockport Express via twitter 11/28/2013 8:27:35 PM
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...NOT speed. Will mean less internal air travel. From sustainability point of view, arguments are strong. Long term environmental benefitsby Stockport Express via twitter 11/28/2013 8:28:40 PM
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are there adds Coun Bodsworth. HS2 is a powerful tool to regenerate the north of the UK he says and to increase capacity to travel...by Stockport Express via twitter 11/28/2013 8:29:21 PM
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...to Manchester and beyond. Brave of the country to take on these kind of schemes. Accuses Tories of nimbyism...by Stockport Express via twitter 11/28/2013 8:30:18 PM
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Coun Derbyshire up - she's shouting at Labour councillors for predicting election results that are yet to happen. She's referring to...by Stockport Express via twitter 11/28/2013 8:31:47 PM