The Greater Manchester Police, Crime and Fire Panel approved the proposed increase at a meeting on Friday. Those living in Band D household will have to pay £10 a year while residents in Band B properties will need to pay £7.77 extra. Funds to train a total of 325 new officers will be allocated. There will also be a new approach to safeguarding with 150 officers tasked with keeping vulnerable victims safe. And there will also be schemes launched in efforts to reduce death and serious injuries on the roads. A more localised approach will be adopted to educate drivers and community-led speedwatch schemes will begin.
Multi-million pound plans to build new railway station in Golborne to be considered
The project is part of a £69.5m scheme to improve transport links around the region
10:13, 29 JAN 2021
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Plans to build a new railway station in Golborne are set to be considered (Image: Manchester Evening News)
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Last chance to have say on bus franchise consultation Date published: 29 January 2021
Thousands of people have already engaged with the consultation
People and organisations across Greater Manchester and beyond have just a few hours left to have their say in a consultation on the future of the city-region s buses, before the deadline of midnight tonight (Friday 29 January).
Thousands of people have already engaged with the consultation, which is being carried out by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to gather views on the impact of Covid-19 on its proposals for the future of the city-region s buses.
Three in four public transport journeys made in Greater Manchester before and during the Covid-19 pandemic are by bus and they continue to be a critical link to jobs and essential services; especially for some of Greater Manchester’s poorest and most vulnerable communities and those without a car.
Thousands of people living in Bolton are missing out on millions of unclaimed government funds. The latest figures released from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, along with Greater Manchester Housing Providers such as Bolton at Home, suggests as many as 4,777 residents could be eligible to benefit from £8m of unclaimed pension credit. Housing providers are stepping-up efforts to ensure more eligible pensioners don’t miss out on the support they are owed by working with local communities to encourage and help pension credit applications. While 73,000 people across the region currently use pension credit to top up their weekly budget and reduce daily household costs, around one in three pensioners around Greater Manchester aren’t accessing the support available to them, with single women living alone the least likely to claim for their support.
New funding to support community groups across Bury NEW financial support is available to support voluntary and community groups across Bury through the council in conjunction with the Community Safety Partnership resource via the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. A sum of £33,000 is available for voluntary and community organisations who have critically low level of reserves due to loss of income caused by the coronavirus restrictions. Organisations can apply for up to £1,000 and allocations will be made weekly, subject to funding availability. Priority will be given to those who can demonstrate how Covid-19 has affected their income and how support is needed to enable them to continue operating in the medium term.