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- Campaign for Maximum Independence Takes A Step Forward
 Campaign for Maximum Independence continues Bury South MP Ivan Lewis’ campaign for Maximum Independence for the townships of Prestwich, Radcliffe and Whitefield / Unsworth took a step forward this week as the Independent Committee of Enquiry established by Ivan met for the first time. The committee - comprising three independent members; local businessman Carl Sillett from Radcliffe, retired teacher Dorothy Fletcher from Prestwich and community activist Yvonne Moore from Whitefield - met to discuss its work programme and the timetable to submit its proposals. Yvonne Moore, a community activist from Whitefield, was...
- Short-Sighted and mean-spirited Cuts to Service
Local MP slams “short-sighted and mean-spirited” cuts to local services Bury South MP Ivan Lewis has hit out at an announcement by the Tory-led government that Bury will lose £2 million in local government funding from this year’s budget. The government is planning to slash £1.2 billion overall from local government spending, with education being the hardest hit. £30 million is to be cut from councils in Greater Manchester, with £500,000 from Greater Manchester’s transport budget. In an astonishing admission, Local Government Minister Bob Neill said that the poorest areas would be...
- Sports Facilities Closure
Local MP gives council a red card over sports facilities closure Ivan Lewis, Member of Parliament for Bury South, has slammed a decision by Bury Council to give the boot to a local football club which has been using the sports hall and playing fields at Riverside High School in Radcliffe. The ruling goes against the express wishes of Sport England, the national body which protects sports provision. Millwood School is due to be built on the Abden Street site of the High School, which has just closed after remaining pupils were moved to...
- Metrolink Scooter Ban is "Health and Safety Gone Mad"
 Scooter ban is ‘health and safety gone mad’ says local MP Bury South MP Ivan Lewis has attacked a decision by Metrolink to ban people in mobility scooters from using the tram system as ‘health and safety gone mad’. His criticism comes after he received letters from a number of local people complaining that they have been refused access to trams by Metrolink staff for ‘health and safety reasons’. Ivan said: “This is an appalling decision by the transport authority and Metrolink. They claim that there are health and...
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