Last month this Council agreed the budget for the coming budget year.

The budget was based on providing services to our residents and ensuring our residents who are most in need receive the support and best services we can provide for them.

Setting the budget is only the start of the process and we rely on our employees for the actual delivery.

Our Council working together with our Trade Union partners have supported our workforce in the face of an exceedingly difficult two years of the pandemic.

Council employees have worked throughout the pandemic, whether office workers continuing to deliver from home or the huge numbers of front line workers who continued to deliver vital services face to face in our residents homes, on our streets and across all of our city.

Our workforce has not had it easy over the past 12 years, suffering from vicious funding cuts by the Tories, enabled at first by their compliant LibDem coalition partners, leaving Manchester City Council no option but to make cuts to services and reducing our workforce.

Council employees faced the brunt of these cuts and service reductions alongside continued year on year pay settlements that amounted to a pay freeze at best.

Manchester City Council says a heartfelt thank you to all its employees for their contribution in supporting the City during the pandemic.

Elsewhere, front line workers of all kinds have also contributed massively during the pandemic, including public transport drivers, food deliveries, shop workers and many more all here in Manchester delivering for our residents.

Manchester City Council says a big thank you to all employees working for the public for their contribution in supporting the City during the pandemic.

Aiding all this work has been everyone involved with the Voluntary Sector who have been outstanding during the pandemic in providing food, support, and company to our residents. While we regret the government policies that make them necessary, our city’s Food Banks have worked tremendously hard to support those hardest hit by the economic failures of the Conservative Government.

Manchester City Council says a big thank you to all in the Voluntary Sector for their contribution in supporting the City during the pandemic.

Council employees keeping our city going and supporting our communities.

Public Sector employees delivering for our residents.

All this followed by the pandemic and the failed austerity agenda of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats and still our staff continue to deliver at the highest standards and go and above and beyond to support the community that they work and live in.

This Council moves a vote of thanks in recognition of all their hard work and dedication through these most trying of times.

Proposed by Councillor Connolly, seconded by Councillor Appleby and also signed (via email) by Councillors Andrews, Hassan and Igbon.

Last month this Council agreed the budget for the coming budget year. The budget was based on providing services to our residents and ensuring our residents who are most in need receive the support and best services we can provide for them.

Setting the budget is only the start of the process and we rely on our employees for the actual delivery.

Our Council working together with our Trade Union partners have supported our workforce in the face of an exceedingly difficult two years of the pandemic. Council employees have worked throughout the pandemic, whether office workers continuing to deliver from home or the huge numbers of frontline workers who continued to deliver vital services face to face in our resident’s homes, on our streets and across all of our city.

Our workforce has not had it easy over the past 12 years, suffering from vicious funding cuts by the Tories, enabled at first by their compliant LibDem coalition partners, leaving Manchester City Council no option but to make cuts to services and reducing our workforce.

Council employees faced the brunt of these cuts and service reductions alongside continued year on year pay settlements that amounted to a pay freeze at best. Manchester City Council says a heartfelt thank you to all its employees for their contribution in supporting the City during the pandemic.

Elsewhere, front line workers of all kinds have also contributed massively during the pandemic, including public transport drivers, food deliveries, shop workers and many more all here in Manchester delivering for our residents.

Manchester City Council says a big thank you to all employees working for the public for their contribution in supporting the City during the pandemic. Aiding all this work has been everyone involved with the Voluntary Sector who have been outstanding during the pandemic in providing food, support, and company to our residents.

While we regret the government policies that make them necessary, our city’s Food Banks have worked tremendously hard to support those hardest hit by the economic failures of the Conservative Government. Manchester City Council says a big thank you to all in the Voluntary Sector for their contribution in supporting the City during the pandemic.

Council employees keeping our city going and supporting our communities. Public Sector employees delivering for our residents. All this followed by the pandemic and the failed austerity agenda of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats and still our staff continue to deliver at the highest standards and go and above and beyond to support the community that they work and live in.

This Council moves a vote of thanks in recognition of all their hard work and dedication through these most trying of times.

Motion proposed and seconded:

Resolution

The motion was put to Council and voted on and the Lord Mayor declared that it was carried unanimously.

Decision

This Council moves a vote of thanks to council employees and the voluntary sector, in recognition of all their hard work and dedication through these most trying of times.

(A personal interest was declared by Councillors: Appleby, Connolly, Hassan, Nunney and Andrews for the reason that each is a member of a trade union.