Again, a piece the supposed local newspapers should be covering. Well done on your investigative skills and tenacity.
How an authority full of lawyers and supposed experts didn't have the sense to include a claw back on the subsidy and a buy back if Church's Prada rescinded on their promises is beyond me.
It's high time an external body over saw all the contracts going out of local authority offices. It would put an end to nepotism, schoolboy errors and dodgy dealing.
Northampton has the most polluted air in the UK, and St. James Road has the most polluted air in Northampton. 85% of people living in areas with illegal levels of air pollution make up the poorest 20% of the UK population. Building social housing in the area with the most air pollution might be the cheapest option right now, but the long-term costs to the NHS, not to mention the human cost of lives blighted by chronic (and sometimes fatal) illness, bring the wisdom of this plan into question.
One-off readings have limited value, but at 8 am today the WNC air quality monitor for St. James Road is reading 50 µg/m3 of NO2. You can see live air pollution readings at https://airly.org/map/en/#52.2379,-0.913145,i114611. The UK legal limit for NO2 is an annual average of 40 µg/m3, four times higher than the World Health Organisation recommended limit.
Fair play to Graham Croucher for taking steps to make this site listed while our Council leaders are mesmerised by the cash sums mentioned and they think they are somehow big wheeler dealers who can take on these smart business people and win on behalf of the residents of the council.
Again, a piece the supposed local newspapers should be covering. Well done on your investigative skills and tenacity.
How an authority full of lawyers and supposed experts didn't have the sense to include a claw back on the subsidy and a buy back if Church's Prada rescinded on their promises is beyond me.
It's high time an external body over saw all the contracts going out of local authority offices. It would put an end to nepotism, schoolboy errors and dodgy dealing.
Well done for ferreting out yet another high-handed move by the gang who run the authority - and run it badly!
Northampton has the most polluted air in the UK, and St. James Road has the most polluted air in Northampton. 85% of people living in areas with illegal levels of air pollution make up the poorest 20% of the UK population. Building social housing in the area with the most air pollution might be the cheapest option right now, but the long-term costs to the NHS, not to mention the human cost of lives blighted by chronic (and sometimes fatal) illness, bring the wisdom of this plan into question.
One-off readings have limited value, but at 8 am today the WNC air quality monitor for St. James Road is reading 50 µg/m3 of NO2. You can see live air pollution readings at https://airly.org/map/en/#52.2379,-0.913145,i114611. The UK legal limit for NO2 is an annual average of 40 µg/m3, four times higher than the World Health Organisation recommended limit.
Fair play to Graham Croucher for taking steps to make this site listed while our Council leaders are mesmerised by the cash sums mentioned and they think they are somehow big wheeler dealers who can take on these smart business people and win on behalf of the residents of the council.