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SALFORD COUNCILLORS COULD BE CUT IN BOUNDARY COMMISSION REVIEW Star date: 20th April 2018 NUMBER OF COUNCILLORS COULD BE CULLED IN REVIEW OF WARDS The number of Salford councillors could be cut in a sweeping review of the city by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England..."The review will re-draw ward boundaries across the city as well as deciding how many councillors should be elected to the council in total" said a spokesperson for the Commission. Salford currently has three councillors per ward but, with new wards possibly emerging as the city grows, this might be cut to two per ward. Full details here…

SALFORD CITY MAYOR MISLEADING STATEMENTS ON DEVELOPER CASH Star date: 19th April 2018 AS £5.5MILLION AVOIDED BY DEVELOPERS SALFORD MAYOR SAYS IT'S A 'MYTH'! In the latest issue of Salford Council's propaganda mag, Life in Salford, Salford City Mayor, Paul Dennett, has denounced the "myth" that "developers don't contribute money to the city. It's simply not true" he says. Yes, they do contribute some money but they also avoid millions of pounds in payments and provision of affordable housing. Indeed, Salford Star analysis shows that developers avoided almost £5.5million in payments last year, as the Mayor only tells half the truth. Full details here...

DISABLED PEOPLE AGAINST THE CUTS STAGE SCRAP UNIVERSAL CREDIT PROTEST IN MANCHESTER Star date: 18th April 2018 STOP AND SCRAP UNIVERSAL CREDIT WITH NO EVICTIONS STATE GROUPS Today, in St Peter's Square Manchester, around half a dozen campaign groups took part in a Disabled People Against the Cuts national day of action calling for Universal Credit to be stopped and scrapped. Chalk slogans covered the square, speeches were made condemning the affect of the discredited benefit and a giant letter was handed into Manchester City Council calling for 'No evictions' as a result of Universal Credit payment delays. Full details here...

SALFORD NURSERY CAMPAIGNERS TAKE FIGHT TO PARLIAMENT Star date: 18th April 2018 FIGHT FOR THE FIVE CAMPAIGNERS HEAD TO WESTMINSTER A coach load of Save Our Nursery campaigners will be heading to Parliament next Wednesday 25th April for a meeting with MPs in the Palace of Westminster and to urge the Government to be flexible over its new funding formula. It is also hoped that Labour Party Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, will pressure Theresa May to respond at Prime Minister's Question Time on the same day. Full details here...

HUGE PAY RISES FOR SALFORD CITY COUNCIL OFFICERS Star date: 17th April 2018 ASSISTANT DIRECTORS TO GET HUGE PAY RISES Cash-strapped Salford City Council is to give huge pay rises to senior officers after a 'job evaluation exercise' moved them well up the pay scale. It follows the resignation of the Director of Finance and Corporate Business, and spreading the majority of his salary amongst other re-titled roles. The Salford Star believes the officers are in line to share around £54,000 between them. Full details here...