Council notes:-

·                Manchester City Council’s Executive approved their ambitious plans for the transformation of Wythenshawe Civic Centre on 18^th February. These plans have been described as an ‘exciting and a ‘once in a generation opportunity’ by local people and reflect Manchester Labour’s ambition for Wythenshawe

·                After campaigning from local Wythenshawe Labour Councillors and Mike Kane MP over many years, these plans have been brought forward in conjunction with local people, and will see:

·         A new cultural hub with a community cinema

·         Job opportunities through office space and a new Enterprise Centre

·         Over 1500 low carbon homes (including genuinely affordable homes)

·         A new food hall, supporting day and night time businesses

·         A new civic square with top quality public realm

·         A new green transport hub; with EV charging and bike hire

·                Manchester Council with the support of Mike Kane MP submitted these plans to Government as part of the ‘Levelling Up Fund’- as it met all of the publicised criteria

Council further notes:-

·                This Council has had over £420million taken from its budgets since 2010, and across the country local Government has had £16 billion cut (which rises to over £40bn if you factor inflation)

·                In the Summer Leadership context Prime Minister Rishi Sunak boastedabout reversing Treasury formulas "that shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas”

·                The Government did not support the Wythenshawe Civic bid, and like most Labour Cities in the UK did not receive funding in this round.

Council resolves:-

(1)      That Manchester’s Labour Council will always stand up for the residents of Wythenshawe and despite the Government’s failure to back Wythenshawe Civic Centre the Labour Council will push ahead with it’s plans and seek a commitment that work will begin as soon as possible.

(2)      To call on the Government to support the plans for Wythenshawe through other means to help Level Up our city.

(3)      To call on the Government to fund local authorities fairly, so local council’s have the resource to fund vital projects like this themselves.

(4)      That Manchester’s Labour Councillors will always stand up for Wythenshawe.

Proposed by Councillor Craig, Seconded by Councillor Newman and Supported by: Councillors White, Lynch, Cooley, Evans, Whiston, Judge, Rawlins, Russell and Taylor

Motion proposed and seconded:

Council notes:-

·                Manchester City Council’s Executive approved their ambitious plans for the transformation of Wythenshawe Civic Centre on 18^th February. These plans have been described as an ‘exciting and a ‘once in a generation opportunity’ by local people and reflect Manchester Labour’s ambition for Wythenshawe

·                After campaigning from local Wythenshawe Labour Councillors and Mike Kane MP over many years, these plans have been brought forward in conjunction with local people, and will see:

·         A new cultural hub with a community cinema

·         Job opportunities through office space and a new Enterprise Centre

·         Over 1500 low carbon homes (including genuinely affordable homes)

·         A new food hall, supporting day and night time businesses

·         A new civic square with top quality public realm

·         A new green transport hub; with EV charging and bike hire

·                Manchester Council with the support of Mike Kane MP submitted these plans to Government as part of the ‘Levelling Up Fund’- as it met all of the publicised criteria

Council further notes:-

·                This Council has had over £420million taken from its budgets since 2010, and across the country local Government has had £16 billion cut (which rises to over £40bn if you factor inflation)

·                In the Summer Leadership contest, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak boastedabout reversing Treasury formulas "that shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas”

·                The Government did not support the Wythenshawe Civic bid, and like most Labour Cities in the UK did not receive funding in this round.

Council resolves:-

(1)      That Manchester’s Labour Council will always stand up for the residents of Wythenshawe and despite the Government’s failure to back Wythenshawe Civic Centre the Labour Council will push ahead with its plans and seek a commitment that work will begin as soon as possible.

(2)      To call on the Government to support the plans for Wythenshawe through other means to help Level Up our city.

(3)      To call on the Government to fund local authorities fairly, so local councils have the resource to fund vital projects like this themselves.

(4)      That Manchester’s Labour Councillors will always stand up for Wythenshawe.

Councillor Johnson moved an amendment to the motion, which was seconded by Councillor Nunney:-

Council notes:-

·                Manchester City Council’s Executive approved their ambitious plans for the transformation of Wythenshawe Civic Centre on 18th February. These plans have been described as an ‘exciting and a ‘once in a generation opportunity’ by local people and reflect Manchester Labour’s the Council’s ambition for Wythenshawe

·                After campaigning from local Wythenshawe Labour Councillors and Mike Kane MP over many years, these plans have been brought forward in conjunction with local people, and will see:

·         A new cultural hub with a community cinema

·         Job opportunities through office space and a new Enterprise Centre

·         Over 1500 low carbon homes (including genuinely affordable homes)

·         A new food hall, supporting day and night time businesses

·         A new civic square with top quality public realm

·         A new green transport hub; with EV charging and bike hire

·                Manchester Council with the support of Mike Kane MP submitted these plans to Government as part of the ‘Levelling Up Fund’- as it met all of the publicised criteria

Council further notes:-

·                This Council has had over £420million taken from its budgets since 2010, and across the country local Government has had £16 billion cut (which rises to over £40bn if you factor inflation)

·                In the Summer Leadership context contest Prime Minister Rishi Sunak boasted about reversing Treasury formulas "that shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas”

·                The Government did not support the Wythenshawe Civic bid, and like most Labour Cities in the UK did not receive funding in this round.

Council resolves:-

(1)      That Manchester’s Labour-led Council will always stand up for the residents of Wythenshawe and despite the Government’s failure to back Wythenshawe Civic Centre the Labour Council will push ahead with its plans and seek a commitment that work will begin as soon as possible.

(2)      To call on the Government to support the plans for Wythenshawe through other means to help Level Up our city.

(3)      To call on the Government to fund local authorities fairly, so local council’s councils have the resource to fund vital projects like this themselves.

(4)     That Manchester’s Labour  Councillors will always stand up for Wythenshawe.

Resolution

The amendment to the motion was put to the Council and the Lord Mayor declared it lost.

The original motion was then put to the Council and the Lord Mayor declared it was carried unanimously.

Decision

1.    That Manchester’s Labour Council will always stand up for the residents of Wythenshawe and despite the Government’s failure to back Wythenshawe Civic Centre the Labour Council will push ahead with its plans and seek a commitment that work will begin as soon as possible.

2.    To call on the Government to support the plans for Wythenshawe through other means to help Level Up our city.

3.    To call on the Government to fund local authorities fairly, so local councils have the resource to fund vital projects like this themselves.

4.    That Manchester’s Labour Councillors will always stand up for Wythenshawe.