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 New - July 2010 |
Just added - the latest Edgeley & Cheadle Heath Labour Link newsletter. Please visit the Edgeley & Cheadle Heath page here ...
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| Dog Fouling Petition |
Stockport Council must do much more to tackle irresponsible dog owners who fail to clean up after their pets. To sign our petition, please click on the "Dog Fouling Petition" tab in the menu to t...
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| Lib Dems should listen over bins - February 2010 |
Over recent weeks I (no doubt like many other local councillors) have been contacted by residents regarding the proposed fourth recycling bin which is due to be introduced later this year....
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| Be sure to have your say - February 2010 |
Consultation seems to be the name of the game at the moment. Stockport Council has Officers who just deal with the endless number of issues about which Stockport residents are asked. This in its...
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| Supporting County - February 2010 |
It is fair to say that attending Full Council meetings isn’t something very high on the agenda of most Stockport residents. The public gallery is never very full at the start of meetings, and genera...
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| Changes in our schools - February 2010 |
Events over the last week have reminded me of major changes that have been made to Stockport’s schools.
I received an invite from Norris Bank Primary School for the opening of an extensi...
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| Working for better dementia care - January 2010 |
Over recent months members of the Health Scrutiny committee with support from senior professional staff in the various health sectors in Stockport have been looking at the range of service...
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| Lib Dems are avoiding accountability - January 2010 |
Last year two major issues occurred. One was the financial crisis and the other involved the abuse by some MPs of their expenses. Both issues involved money, greed and a reckless abandon o...
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| We need to be better prepared for extreme weather - January 2010 |
There is only one topic in local government this week – the weather. The irony is that this appears to be a direct result of global warming causing disruptions in weather patterns. We are getting th...
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| Support for our armed forces - December 2009 |
At the last Council meeting on the 27th of November, Councillor Peter Scott moved a Labour motion calling for free or discounted use of Stockport Council sports and leisure facilities for local people...
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| Council under scrutiny - December 2009 |
One of the aspects of councillor work is taking part in scrutiny reviews into a particular aspect of the Council’s services or a specific area of the borough.
As an area we are currently r...
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| Why we must remember - November 2009 |
North Reddish Junior and Infants school is set to close sometime soon and re-emerge as a brand new school, joined with Fir Tree School. In the North Reddish School hall there is a wall mounted wa...
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| Government Boost for Stockport Station - November 2009 |
It’s great news that Stockport station is to have major investment! Stockport station is one of the most important gateways into the town and the image it presents leaves an impression on visitors....
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| Clear the clutter - November 2009 |
Take a walk in any of Stockport's shopping centres, including the town centre, and you will probably encounter A boards, illuminated pavement advertising panels, goods spilling out onto pavements and ...
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| We need to keep shoppers in Stockport - November 2009 |
I was intrigued by one of the headlines in last weeks newspaper that the Council, in the light of the current economic difficulties are going to freeze car parking charges to try and encourage more sh...
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| NEW BLOG LAUNCHED! |
Please visit our new blog at www.stockportreality.blogspot.com for the truth behind the Lib Dems' propaganda... ...
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| Doing away with democracy - November 2009 |
Aristotle said "If liberty and equality are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost". I always thought this was ...
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| Lib Dems are deaf to complaints - October 2009 |
Earlier this month it was National Poetry Day, and in Edgeley and Cheadle Heath we celebrated it in what is becoming an annual event for us by organising “Poetry in the Park”. This event was...
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| Credit to the volunteers - October 2009 |
In the Heatons and Reddish area local councillors are examining the facilities available to support our efforts to undertake some physical activity. A quick survey has revealed that a plethora of acti...
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| Re-think needed on bins - October 2009 |
It is obvious to everyone (apart from the Lib Dems in charge at the Town Hall) that many homes in certain parts of South Reddish, Heaton Norris and Heaton Chapel have no room for two wheelie bins, let...
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Stockport Council must do much more to tackle irresponsible dog owners who fail to clean up after their pets. To sign our petition, please click on the "Dog Fouling Petition" tab in the menu to t...
Over recent weeks I (no doubt like many other local councillors) have been contacted by residents regarding the proposed fourth recycling bin which is due to be introduced later this year....
Consultation seems to be the name of the game at the moment. Stockport Council has Officers who just deal with the endless number of issues about which Stockport residents are asked. This in its...
It is fair to say that attending Full Council meetings isn’t something very high on the agenda of most Stockport residents. The public gallery is never very full at the start of meetings, and genera...
Events over the last week have reminded me of major changes that have been made to Stockport’s schools. 
At the last Council meeting on the 27th of November, Councillor Peter Scott moved a Labour motion calling for free or discounted use of Stockport Council sports and leisure facilities for local people...
One of the aspects of councillor work is taking part in scrutiny reviews into a particular aspect of the Council’s services or a specific area of the borough. 
North Reddish Junior and Infants school is set to close sometime soon and re-emerge as a brand new school, joined with Fir Tree School. In the North Reddish School hall there is a wall mounted wa...
Aristotle said "If liberty and equality are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost". I always thought this was ...
Earlier this month it was National Poetry Day, and in Edgeley and Cheadle Heath we celebrated it in what is becoming an annual event for us by organising “Poetry in the Park”. This event was...