New leader of Manchester City Council

I might be wrong, but I don’t think she will actually have any real say or power. Manchester council seem to be in the back pocket of developers and from a far quite a few of them seem corrupt
How very dare you. I will have you know that some of the most honest, respectable property developers there are in Manchester post on here.


And then there's Worsley (giggle)
 
Yes. His career has been founded almost entirely on habitual mendacity (for example, it got him sacked from his first job in journalism), as well as a Panglossian penchant in more recent times for insisting that all is fine in the best of all possible worlds while it is apparent to the rest of us that everything is slowly turning to shit in the country that he presides over.

he is in a slightly different league to Bev Craig.
 
They just get told what to do by officers anyway and rubber stamp it and turn up for photos.

Have you worked in a local authority? I have worked for two, over a number of years. In my experience, it is the other way around.
 
May be a breath of fresh air not connected to the old farts who take backhanders.
Drain the council swamp

I have worked In Manchester development for 25 years. Not once has anyone asked for a back hander or been offered one and I have negotiated 106 contributions and planning permissions for nearly 2 decades.
 
Have you worked in a local authority? I have worked for two, over a number of years. In my experience, it is the other way around.
In my experience they have little technical knowledge of the areas (as you would expect), you tell the the issues, the solution and they sign it off after s.151 officer, monitoring officer and relevant directors have all signed off the recommendation.

They may get into a heated debate on stuff like car parking going up 10p or dog fouling, but rarely the important stuff like major capital projects or cuts to services and staff.
 

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