Last night it was Central Stockport Area Commitee. As always it was a interesting and useful meeting. I raised the concerns of residents with Greater Manchester Police about the car cruising on Hall Street, I have been...
It's been a busy few days across the ward. One of my favourite parts of the job is working with community groups to help empower them to build their communities and events, I have met quite a few this week. From looking...
Congratulations to Woodbank parkrun on their 800th event. In that time over 17,000 people have completed over 117,000 5ks by walking, running and wheeling. The biggest thank you has to go to the 942 people who have...
It's not all bins this week! It's been a busy week of casework, supporting residents and working to improve our area. A lot of it comes from my daily runs and walks around the ward. You spot things you'd never notice...
Today I spoke at a very wet Parent Strike, in support of six weeks' paternity leave at 90% pay. I've got two boys, eight years apart. For my eldest, I took the statutory two weeks. Like a lot of dads, I couldn't...
For the last two years I have been attempting to get more regular collections for our bins in the parks during warmer weather and busy days in the park. Whilst I can often get extra collections these are ad-hoc and...
The right always needs a bogey man, This modern rightwing movement started with blaming the EU for everything, for the last few years it has all been asylum seekers and other migrants. Now Reform are turning their...