Leader's Blog 
  

As many of you know, Tameside Council is a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) alongside the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, and the other nine local authorities in our city region. 
 

Tameside, along with the rest of Greater Manchester, is committed to securing a better, fairer and greener future for all our residents. As part of that, we are asking you to have your say on the final draft of the GM Places for Everyone plan.
 

The scale and intensity of human-driven climate change across the planet has reached a critical point. Unless we make deep cuts in CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decades, the global temperature will increase far beyond the 2015 Paris Agreement target of 1.5 degrees.
 

Funding cuts require us to find new ways to deliver services without comprising on quality and value. In my blog this week I discuss what this might mean for customer services and bin collections. Proposals for which are out to public consultations currently via the Big Conversation.
 

In the last week we have lost two great figures of public serivce in Greater Manchester - Lord Peter Smith and Cllr David Greenhalgh. I pay tribute to their service and my thoughts are with their families, friends and colleagues.

Last Thursday I had the pleasure of officially celebrating the completion of the new state-of-the-art swimming pool at Active Hyde. By putting the facilities in place to allow residents of all ages and abilities to get and stay active, we’re giving them the tools they need to take control of their own health.