Agenda item

1)    Making Football a Fair Game

 

A motion had been received and set out in the Summons in the names of:

 

Councillors: M Powell, C Tegolo and S Wright

This Council recognises that:

1             Football, the national game in the UK, is currently in crisis. COVID-19 has devastated the revenue of many lower-league clubs, with the loss of some notable names, and dozens more clubs teetering on the brink of survival.

2             Too frequently, bad management has gone unnoticed or ignored and clubs are run unsustainably, putting at risk all the history, heritage, and economic benefit they bring to an area – often in pursuit of short-term gain.

3             Football clubs are not ordinary businesses; they are historic sporting institutions that are both a civic and community asset, and a source of pride and unity, in their hometown or city.

4             Bury has it’s own experience at the forefront of this crisis, losing our 134 year-old league football club, and the efforts of fans, the Council and the Government to return league football to the town.

This Council resolves to:

1     Put on record it’s support for ‘Fair Game’, a national campaign that seeks radical reform of the way football is managed and run, specifically its call for an independent regulator for the sport, and a refocus on ‘values’ rather than profit.

2     Support Fair Game’s calls for an establishment of a Sustainability Index, which will reallocate the payments made to clubs to reward those which are run well, respect equality standards and properly engage with their fans and their community.

3     Declare its support for the Fair Game manifesto, ‘Solutions for our National Game’, and call on other Councils to join us in our support.

4     Ask the Chief Executive to write to the Minister for Sport, our local Members of Parliament, and the Chair of the Local Government Association Culture, Tourism and Sport Board, asking them to support and work towards implementing Fair Game’s manifesto and the findings of the fan-led review led by Tracey Crouch MP

5     Ask the Council’s representatives to encourage other Authorities to support Fair Game

2)    Cost-of-Living and Food Insecurity

A motion had been received and set out in the Summons in the names of:

Councillors: C Boles, N Boroda, S Butler, C Cummins, U Farooq, R Gold, J Grimshaw, S Haroon, M Hayes, T Holt, K Leach, G McGill, C Morris, B Mortenson, E O’Brien, K Peel, T Pilkington, A Quinn, D Quinn, T Rafiq, A Simpson, L Smith, G Staples-Jones, T Tariq, K Thomas, S Walmsley, C Walsh and M Whitby.

This Council recognises with concern that households across our borough are bracing themselves for the biggest drop in living standards in thirty years.

This Council notes that the cost-of-living crisis includes steep price increases in everyday and essential food items, making the situation worse for the 10% of households already living in food insecurity across our borough and risking more people experiencing food insecurity.

This Council celebrates the incredible work done by food banks and pantries across our six towns to support those most in need and the dedication and hard work of the volunteers who run them.

This Council regrets that the Government is making the cost-of-living crisis worse through tax hikes, low growth, falling real wages, and a failure to tackle the energy crisis.

This Council resolves to:

• Write to the Government urging Ministers to set out a national strategy for food including how it intends to ensure access to high quality, sustainable, affordable food for all and meet the United Nations goal to end hunger by 2030.
• Establish a Lead Member for Food Poverty to drive forward our local efforts to end hunger in our borough.
• Further develop our Food Plan for Bury to identify local food insecurity challenges and put in place steps to tackle them.
• Strengthen our work with the voluntary and community sector and statutory agencies to tackle food poverty through our Food Partnership and Food Network.
• Continue our efforts to alleviate all forms of poverty and tackle the root causes by investing in our people and places; ensuring our residents have access to high quality education, training and lifelong learning; delivering the Real Living Wage for our staff and contractors; regenerating our town centres and attracting businesses to create more well paid jobs; improving our housing stock and building more high quality affordable homes; and working with our partners in the NHS to tackle health inequalities.

3)      Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone

A motion had been received and set out in the Summons in the names of:

 

Bernstein, Brown, Caserta, Cropper, Dean, Gartside, Harris, Lancaster, Hurst, Hussain, N Jones, Lewis, McBriar, Rydeheard, Vernon.

 

The Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone was first proposed by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, in 2019.

 

Since that date, this Council voted in favour of the Mayor's scheme, as a result, we have seen huge public criticism of the plans.

 

The Greater Manchester Clean Air Final Plan report, presented to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), on 25th June 2021 by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) was misleading.

 

The Council notes:

- The Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone (CAZ) is 493sqm which includes every district in GM

• TfGM in July 2021 stated a database sourced from The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) estimated that approximately at present 90% of non-compliant LGV’s in GM, are not retrofittable

• TfGM estimates that in 2023 there will be 75,000 non-compliant LGV’s based in GM out of a total fleet of 136k LGV’s

• The Greater Manchester Clean Air Final Plan report was approved by all GM Districts and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to support the Mayor of Greater Manchester’s plan for Clean Air during July 2021

• The 8 Greater Manchester Conservative MPs and 1 Labour MP wrote to the Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs urging a delay to the rollout of the CAZ for further consultation

 

The Council resolves to:

Call on the Chief Executive to write to the Mayor of Greater Manchester to state the Clean Air Zone is not fit for purpose and ask for the scheme to be abandoned and for a new plan to be drafted to deal with air pollution

 

Ask the Secretary of State to abandon the current scheme which was approved by Greater Manchester authorities because  The Greater Manchester Clean Air Final Plan impacts tens of thousands of small businesses and charities within Greater Manchester region in addition to thousands who are based outside of the GM region but operate within the GM region contributing to the £62 billion economy

 

Ask the Mayor of Greater Manchester in conjunction with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to draw up a new plan which does not charge but focuses solely on cleaning up the air where there are breaches.

 

1)    Making Football a Fair Game

 

A motion had been received and set out in the Summons in the names of:

 

Councillors: M Powell, C Tegolo and S Wright

This Council recognises that:

1             Football, the national game in the UK, is currently in crisis. COVID-19 has devastated the revenue of many lower-league clubs, with the loss of some notable names, and dozens more clubs teetering on the brink of survival.

2             Too frequently, bad management has gone unnoticed or ignored and clubs are run unsustainably, putting at risk all the history, heritage, and economic benefit they bring to an area – often in pursuit of short-term gain.

3             Football clubs are not ordinary businesses; they are historic sporting institutions that are both a civic and community asset, and a source of pride and unity, in their hometown or city.

4             Bury has it’s own experience at the forefront of this crisis, losing our 134 year-old league football club, and the efforts of fans, the Council and the Government to return league football to the town.

On being put with 43 voting for 0 voting against and the Mayor abstaining, it was resolved, that

The Council;

1     Put on record it’s support for ‘Fair Game’, a national campaign that seeks radical reform of the way football is managed and run, specifically its call for an independent regulator for the sport, and a refocus on ‘values’ rather than profit.

2     Support Fair Game’s calls for an establishment of a Sustainability Index, which will reallocate the payments made to clubs to reward those which are run well, respect equality standards and properly engage with their fans and their community.

3     Declare its support for the Fair Game manifesto, ‘Solutions for our National Game’, and call on other Councils to join us in our support.

4     Ask the Chief Executive to write to the Minister for Sport, our local Members of Parliament, and the Chair of the Local Government Association Culture, Tourism and Sport Board, asking them to support and work towards implementing Fair Game’s manifesto and the findings of the fan-led review led by Tracey Crouch MP

5     Ask the Council’s representatives to encourage other Authorities to support Fair Game

2)    Cost-of-Living and Food Insecurity

A motion had been received and set out in the Summons in the names of:

Councillors: C Boles, N Boroda, S Butler, C Cummins, U Farooq, R Gold, J Grimshaw, S Haroon, M Hayes, T Holt, K Leach, G McGill, C Morris, B Mortenson, E O’Brien, K Peel, T Pilkington, A Quinn, D Quinn, T Rafiq, A Simpson, L Smith, G Staples-Jones, T Tariq, K Thomas, S Walmsley, C Walsh and M Whitby.

This Council recognises with concern that households across our borough are bracing themselves for the biggest drop in living standards in thirty years.

This Council notes that the cost-of-living crisis includes steep price increases in everyday and essential food items, making the situation worse for the 10% of households already living in food insecurity across our borough and risking more people experiencing food insecurity.

This Council celebrates the incredible work done by food banks and pantries across our six towns to support those most in need and the dedication and hard work of the volunteers who run them.

This Council regrets that the Government is making the cost-of-living crisis worse through tax hikes, low growth, falling real wages, and a failure to tackle the energy crisis.

On being put with 30 voting for 13 voting against and the Mayor abstaining, it was resolved, that

The Council:

• Writes to the Government urging Ministers to set out a national strategy for food including how it intends to ensure access to high quality, sustainable, affordable food for all and meet the United Nations goal to end hunger by 2030.
• Establish a Lead Member for Food Poverty to drive forward our local efforts to end hunger in our borough.
• Further develop our Food Plan for Bury to identify local food insecurity challenges and put in place steps to tackle them.
• Strengthen our work with the voluntary and community sector and statutory agencies to tackle food poverty through our Food Partnership and Food Network.
• Continue our efforts to alleviate all forms of poverty and tackle the root causes by investing in our people and places; ensuring our residents have access to high quality education, training and lifelong learning; delivering the Real Living Wage for our staff and contractors; regenerating our town centres and attracting businesses to create more well paid jobs; improving our housing stock and building more high quality affordable homes; and working with our partners in the NHS to tackle health inequalities.

3)      Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone

A motion had been received and set out in the Summons in the names of:

 

Bernstein, Brown, Caserta, Cropper, Dean, Gartside, Harris, Lancaster, Hurst, Hussain, N Jones, Lewis, McBriar, Rydeheard, Vernon.

 

The Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone was first proposed by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, in 2019.

 

Since that date, this Council voted in favour of the Mayor's scheme, as a result, we have seen huge public criticism of the plans.

 

The Greater Manchester Clean Air Final Plan report, presented to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), on 25th June 2021 by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) was misleading.

 

The Council notes:

- The Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone (CAZ) is 493sqm which includes every district in GM

• TfGM in July 2021 stated a database sourced from The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) estimated that approximately at present 90% of non-compliant LGV’s in GM, are not retrofittable

• TfGM estimates that in 2023 there will be 75,000 non-compliant LGV’s based in GM out of a total fleet of 136k LGV’s

• The Greater Manchester Clean Air Final Plan report was approved by all GM Districts and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to support the Mayor of Greater Manchester’s plan for Clean Air during July 2021

• The 8 Greater Manchester Conservative MPs and 1 Labour MP wrote to the Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs urging a delay to the rollout of the CAZ for further consultation

 

The Council resolves to:

Call on the Chief Executive to write to the Mayor of Greater Manchester to state the Clean Air Zone is not fit for purpose and ask for the scheme to be abandoned and for a new plan to be drafted to deal with air pollution

 

Ask the Secretary of State to abandon the current scheme which was approved by Greater Manchester authorities because  The Greater Manchester Clean Air Final Plan impacts tens of thousands of small businesses and charities within Greater Manchester region in addition to thousands who are based outside of the GM region but operate within the GM region contributing to the £62 billion economy

 

Ask the Mayor of Greater Manchester in conjunction with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to draw up a new plan which does not charge but focuses solely on cleaning up the air where there are breaches.

 

It was moved by Councillor A Quinn and seconded by Councillor L Smith as an amendment to:-

 

REMOVE [The Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone was first proposed by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, in 2019.

 

Since that date, this Council voted in favour of the Mayor's scheme, as a result, we have seen huge public criticism of the plans.

 

The Greater Manchester Clean Air Final Plan report, presented to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), on 25th June 2021 by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) was misleading.]

 

ADD – Between 2015 and 2018 the Government lost 3 high court cases brought by Client Earth. In each case the judge found the Government to be in breach of its own air quality standards. 

 

Following that the 10 local authorities in Greater Manchester, as well as dozens of other local authorities in England were placed under a Ministerial Direction as part of the UK Plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations under 1995 Environment Act (GM Direction). 

This required local authorities to undertake work to identify the preferred option to reduce NO2 levels to within legal limits in the shortest possible time and compliant by 2024 at the latest, including the development of a charging Clean Air Zone.

 

Labour Leaders and the Greater Manchester Mayor have argued that the 2024 deadline was no longer achievable without causing significant harm to jobs and businesses in Greater Manchester. As a result, Greater Manchester Councils took the decision to go back to the Government and request that the Ministerial Direction be lifted.

The Government argued for a one-year delay to the scheme.  But the Labour Leaders and Mayor held out for a two-year delay.  This was eventually agreed by the Government and is reflected in the new Ministerial Direction setting a deadline of 2026 for compliance.

This now allows for a very different scheme to be put in place and a new scheme has to be agreed by the Government by July.

 

The Council notes:

- Air pollution is linked to a wide range of serious illnesses and conditions. It contributes to approximately 1,200 deaths a year in Greater Manchester

- The Government has previously rejected Greater Manchester’s call for an additional hardship fund

- The position of the 9 Labour Leaders and Greater Manchester Mayor, which support a non-charging zone

- The Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone (CAZ) is 493sqm which includes every district in GM

- TfGM in July 2021 stated a database sourced from The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) estimated that approximately at present 90% of non-compliant LGV’s in GM, are not retrofittable

- TfGM estimates that in 2023 there will be 75,000 non-compliant LGV’s based in GM out of a total fleet of 136k LGV’s

- The Greater Manchester Clean Air Final Plan report was approved by all GM Districts and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority REMOVE – [to support the Mayor of Greater Manchester’s plan for Clean Air during July 2021]

- The 8 Greater Manchester Conservative MPs and 1 Labour MP wrote to the Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs urging a delay to the rollout of the CAZ for further consultation

 

The Council resolves to:

REMOVE – [Call on the Chief Executive to write to the Mayor of Greater Manchester to state the Clean Air Zone is not fit for purpose and ask for the scheme to be abandoned and for a new plan to be drafted to deal with air pollution

 

Ask the Secretary of State to abandon the current scheme which was approved by Greater Manchester authorities because  The Greater Manchester Clean Air Final Plan impacts tens of thousands of small businesses and charities within Greater Manchester region in addition to thousands who are based outside of the GM region but operate within the GM region contributing to the £62 billion economy

 

Ask the Mayor of Greater Manchester in conjunction with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to draw up a new plan which does not charge but focuses solely on cleaning up the air where there are breaches.]

 

ADD – Call on the Government to cooperate with the current review of future arrangements in Greater Manchester and seek to agree a fairer approach to cleaning up our aim.

Lobby the Government to ensure it provides full financial support to enable individuals and businesses to upgrade their vehicles, especially in light of the current supply-chain issues.

To also call upon the Government to fully fund the Bus Service Improvement Plan and City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement to help us improve walking, cycling and clean public transport.

 

On being put, with 26 voting for, 17 voting against, and with the Mayor abstaining, the Mayor declared the amendment carried.

On being put with 30 voting for, 13 voting against and the Mayor abstaining the substantive motion was carried.