Hulme Green Party believes the budget proposals suggested by Manchester City Council starts in the wrong place. Cutting frontline services and creating unemployment only adds to the problems created by this Coalition Government. This Council should not be scaring their staff into unemployment by forcing unfair redundancy packages on them. Below is an idea about how the budget could be approached. * The figures are units of millions. Years 2011/12 2012/13 2014/15 ...
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Friday, 11 February 2011
Manchester Budget Cuts Proposals and the Consultation Process: The Green View
Manchester City Council’s budget cuts, will have a huge effect on communities in Manchester. BUT the announcements made are just proposals. They are available to comment on the Council website until February 22nd. Final decisions will be made on March 9th 2011. The Hulme Green Party says that “Although the Council Cuts proposals are online, there are a lot of papers and they are difficult to understand. We call for a series of public meetings for the organisations and the communities affected. The Council, the organisations and the people should talk about the hard choices ahead and the best way to support the communities affected. ...
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Manchester Cuts: A severe blow
There is no doubting the severity of the cuts announced by Manchester City Council. While its understood that budget reductions have been imposed from the Coalition Government, the Council’s pledge to defend front line services is nonsense. Cutting the majority of youth services and SureStarts in Manchester, then hoping the voluntary sector could take over them could make sense. Unfortunately the voluntary sector is being slashed by 22%. In Hulme and Moss Side its expected that at least Hulme Library, the Martenscroft SureStart Centre, debt advice service and youth centres will go. There has been no call to local groups and unions to...
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