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	<title>Cllr. Steve Cooke &#187; Council Work</title>
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		<title>Lead member for what? Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/lead-member-for-what-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 20:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, Salford Community Leisure (SCL) want to run a city-wide programme of summer sporting activities. The Lead Member of Culture and Sport describes this programme as &#8216;vital&#8217;, but states that has not budgeted for it and expects it to be funded from devolved community committee funding. The programme is run, and apparently instigated by SCL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cllr Warner: lead member for what exactly?</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/cllr-warner-lead-member-for-what-exactly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/cllr-warner-lead-member-for-what-exactly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At council yesterday I asked Labour&#8217;s lead councillor for &#8216;Culture and Sport&#8217; what level of losses would be deemed acceptable for the Proms in the Park and the Ice Rink, which between them have cost the tax-payer many hundreds of thousands  of pounds.
His response was to say that none of the items on a recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sound financial management?</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/03/sound-financial-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/03/sound-financial-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1098</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the council wrote-off debts totalling £488,218.7 Sadly, councillors receive notices of debt write-offs like this on a fairly frequent basis. Apparently, this month’s council-tax write-off is an improvement of ‘1.46% compared with the same period in the previous year’. The vast bulk of this money represents people moving home and leaving debts behind.
At the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour Yo-Yo on Ice Rink Flop</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/03/labour-yo-yo-on-ice-rink-flop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/03/labour-yo-yo-on-ice-rink-flop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Council Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Compare and Contrast:
26 February 2010 – Salford Council Press Release 
“Salford&#8217;s ice rink could have a new home this year if councillors agree a move for the festive attraction. Alternative venues, including Salford Quays, are being looked at in a bid to improve the pulling power of the event for would-be skaters and to offer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day in the life of a councillor.</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/03/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-councillor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/03/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-councillor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1091</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was a day of meetings. First was with City West and the Police to address problems with crime on parts of the Valley.  We’ve got a commitment for the police to provide more useful information to housing, and for housing to carry out more targeted tenancy inspections in the area to make growing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour neglect the elderly &#8211; IN Salford</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/02/labour-neglect-the-elderly-in-salford/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/02/labour-neglect-the-elderly-in-salford/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1071</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently asked for for an assessment for housing adaptations to be carried out for a lady who is in her eighties and has had a knee operation.  She&#8217;s facing real problems getting up and down her stairs and told me that it&#8217;s so bad that she will have to move home if she doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Portcullis</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/02/operation-portcullis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/02/operation-portcullis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1060</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Been out today on operation Portcullis with, local activist Paul Gregory and our fantastic local PCs and PCSOs. There were 23 arrests this morning for alcohol and outstanding crimes, and the police have been doing a range of activities to crack down on alcohol related crime and antisocial behaviour.
The operation will be running up till [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lib Dem Budget for Salford 2010/11</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/02/lib-dem-budget-for-salford-201011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/02/lib-dem-budget-for-salford-201011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Local Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve decided to publish the Lib Dem group budget overview online so that residents can take a look if they wish. Our priorities this year have been sticking to a 0% rise in council tax, whilst improving key services like housing adaptations; roads and pavements; winter contingencies; litter and street cleansing; and community safety. We&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour&#8217;s Budget Secrecy</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/02/labours-budget-secrecy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/02/labours-budget-secrecy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1045</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On 26th Jan the Labour group used the council press office to issue a spin-filled press release about the council tax level – proposed at 0% (not including fire and police costs, which will probably bring it up to +.75%) &#8211; for the next year. They then waited until the absolute limit of the permitted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council rule out possibility of pay rise for staff</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/02/council-rule-out-possibility-of-pay-rise-for-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/02/council-rule-out-possibility-of-pay-rise-for-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1019</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Salford Council has budgeted for 0% pay increases this year.  On the surface this is understandable – the national pay offer from the Local Government Employers is 0%. However, negotiations are not yet complete between unions and the Employers’ organisation. This headline says it all:
“Council employers looked set for another explosive showdown with the [...]]]></description>
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