Councillor David Royle, Your Voice in Tough Times

I am again proud to have been selected by the local Labour Party to be the candidate for the local elections in May 2012. With my colleagues Councillors Mike Amesbury and Grace Fletcher - Hackwood, we have begun the process of visiting as many households as possible before May. Unlike the other political parties in our local community we campaign all year round.
Manchester people are being hit unfairly hard in the pocket by Tory/Lib Dem cuts that go too far and too fast:

- Cuts to child-care support will leave families up to £1,500 a year worse off

- January's VAT rise is costing families an average of £450 a year

- £9,000 university tuition fees and the scrapping of the Education Maintenance Allowance mean that fewer of our young people will get the chance of going on to further education

- Household energy bills - in addition to rising food and petrol prices - are set to rise by more that £300 a year.

- All of this on top of real cuts to the NHS, Police and Fire Services, Social Care and Welfare Benefits - cuts that hit our most vulnerable citizens

We want you to join with Manchester Labour to tell the Coalition Government that they are out of touch and out of date.
We promise to stand up for our communities.
We demand a fair deal for Fallowfield and a fair deal for Manchester.

If you have any issues, concerns or ideas to help improve Fallowfield & Whalley Range then please call me 0161 2343235 or email cllr.d.royle@manchester.gov.uk

Yours truly

Cllr David Royle

Lib Dem Tory cuts go too far too fast

Grace with local resident Alexena pledging to protect the local Library

As details of the scale of Tory Liberal cuts emerge one thing is clear - this is an unfair attack on the North, with funding being switched from Labour controlled cities to affluent areas in the South. While Manchester faces huge and unprecedented cuts to jobs and services, places like wealthy Dorset have had an increase in funding.


And what have the Lib Dem Tory cheerleaders in Manchester got to say about it? According to Clegg & Cameron’s man in Manchester, Cllr Simon Ashley, this is a "fair settlement" for our City. To add insult to injury he claims to be “comfortable” with the pace and depth of the cuts!

In response Labour's Candidate for Fallowfield & Whalley Range, Grace Fletcher Hackwood said:

"The Lib Dems cannot be trusted to stand up for Manchester. Before the election they duped voters with false promises on opposing VAT rises, tuition fees and increasing police numbers, they are now proud cheerleaders for this right wing Tory Government. The Lib Dems have sold their political souls to get into power with the Tories and are now imposing huge cuts on our communities. These cuts go too far and too fast”

Grace Welcomes Better Homes

Grace Fletcher Hackwood Labour candidate for Fallowfield today welcomed the progress in bringing Fallowfield social housing closer to the 2012 quality homes standard.

The 2012 quality home standard was a manifesto commitment by the previous Labour Government to ensure that every tenant had a decent home and environment to live in. Over £92 million was secured for the Fallowfield area which has helped to transform the local housing and environment.

Grace stated" I am proud that the Labour Party when in government was able to work with City South Housing Trust to deliver better homes for thousands of tenants in Fallowfield. If elected I will work with the Team at City South to ensure that this good work remains on track. I am of course concerned that this Lib Dem Tory Government has cut the future housing budgets by over 80% and now seeks to remove new tenants housing  rights, reduce housing benefit support and put up social rents".

Summary of Headline Achievements so far

New PVCu windows fitted to 2966 homes

New kitchens at 2218 homes

1518 properties partially rewired

New bathrooms at 2290 homes

2689 external doors replaced

700 properties fully rewired

New energy efficient condensing boilers or storage heaters

installed in 1349 homes

Loft insulation installed or upgraded in 1030 homes

External work (roofs, gutters, brickwork as required) to 320 homes

Cladding and roofing work well underway at 4 multistorey blocks

Insulating cladding and roofing complete at 213 no-fines homes