As regular How-Do followers will be aware, the Star’s Stephen Kingston is fighting his local council over the LIFE initiative and yesterday took that battle to the Strategy and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee meeting at Swinton Civic Centre.

Star: campaign against LIFE

He added: “I got a chance to ask a few questions and questioned the political neutrality of the mag, given that there's no opposing views to the council's in the publication.

“Council leader John Merry himself admitted that if an Ombudsman’s report went against the council they wouldn't put it in LIFE. 

“I also questioned how popular the move would be in the community, given that the East Salford Community Committee voted overwhelmingly against it at last week's meeting.”

Kingston informed How-Do that Councillor Merry would now be taking the issue to the next council meeting.

He concluded: “If it does go to the full council they can overturn this decision (the vote against the proposal) - which they probably will because they've got an inbuilt Labour majority - but in the meantime, every little victory for democracy must be celebrated.”

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