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Alex King

Alex Member of the Meteor and heads up its Web & Tech team. Alex has a background in History and moved to Manchester in 2018 having freelanced in Bristol. He has particular interests in the climate crisis, industrial relations, public services, local government and political economy. He advocates for media democracy and a Green New Deal as the best tools society has for re-engaging the public and restoring collective prosperity.

Legal advisor to Boris Johnson’s planning reforms represents Manchester City Council in judicial review over Central Retail Park

By Alex King | January 9, 2021News

Architect of Boris Johnson’s government’s controversial overhaul of the English planning system, Christopher Katkowski QC is representing Manchester City Council in a judicial review of the local authority’s future use of the former Central Retail Park in Ancoats.

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Burnham urged to act against government’s proposed planning system changes

By Alex King | January 8, 2021News

Open letter calls on Andy Burnham, and the leaders of the conurbation’s ten boroughs, to “intervene” in the government’s plans to change the UK planning system, which the campaigners call an “emergency for communities and local authorities across England.”

Families of the community led housing project in Saddleworth who set up a not-for-profit company to build beautiful bespoke affordable homes

‘It’s like Grand Designs comes to Oldham’ — inside Oldham’s first community led housing project

By Alex King | December 24, 2020Friends of The Meteor

Locked out of the housing market, locals in Saddleworth set up a not-for-profit company to build beautiful bespoke affordable homes. The project shows the huge potential of community led projects to build better homes and strengthen local communities.

Greater Manchester Pension Fund takes £375m hit due to oil and gas investments

By Alex King | December 19, 2020News

Research reveals Greater Manchester Pension Fund’s fossil fuel investments devalued by £375m over the last 3 years, casting doubt on the Fund’s claim that it is merely fulfilling its fiduciary duty to employers and pensioners by investing in gas and oil companies.

Pressure grows on Andy Burnham to scrap plans for school-based police officers

By Alex King | December 5, 2020News

Deputy metro mayor Beverley Hughes insists SBPOs will create “positive relationships between young people and the police”. Campaigners say police presence in schools causes “harm”, urging the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to “divest from penal approaches”.

Greater Manchester to proceed with franchising bus network

By Alex King | November 28, 2020News

Bringing buses under public control is ‘better value for money’ for the city region in spite of ‘severe’ impact of Covid-19 on bus patronage and revenues, Greater Manchester leaders hear at a meeting this week.

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Manchester’s Planning Committee approves luxury hotel and defers controversial Deansgate office block

By Alex King | November 21, 2020News

Manchester City Council’s Planning Committee agreed plans to build a £27m luxury hotel in Piccadilly, while also ruling on a site visit to a controversial proposed 17-storey Deansgate office block.

Manchester's teachers and Co-op Academies Trust clash over school safety

Manchester’s teachers and Co-op Academies Trust clash over school safety

By Alex King | November 19, 2020News

Workers at Co-op Academy Manchester write to headteacher and the Co-op Academies Trust calling for school closures and better working conditions, while Andy Burnham lends support for partial closures under a “tier system” during the winter.

Ryebank protestors

Protestors blast Manchester Metropolitan University for attempting to fence off Ryebank Fields

By Alex King | November 10, 2020News

Manchester Metropolitan University workmen attempted to put up permanent fencing around Ryebank Fields yesterday morning allegedly because of the presence of “potentially hazardous material”. Protestors argue hazardous material is buried deep underground, and that MMU’s planned development and resulting disturbance of the land is the real cause for concern.

car park Central Retail Park

No luxury offices on former Central Retail Park in Ancoats, locals tell Manchester city council

By Alex King | October 13, 2020News

90% of locals in survey thought the area did not need any more luxury offices, as campaign group Trees Not Cars brand Manchester city council’s public consultation on future of site of former Central Retail Park “tick box activity”

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