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Salford's mayor has defended a full council tax increase - which will be needed to pay all care workers the Real Living Wage - saying 'it's the right thing to do'.

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What do you make of the arguments over Freeports? Have your say below But she has no doubt that landowners will benefit as property prices rise.Salford council is set to sign off the next stage of the Port Salford plans on Monday (March 8), swapping land with Peel L&P, some of which is green belt and public open space, so that the construction of a rail link can take place.The rail terminal would connect to the Chat Moss line westbound, linking it to the national rail network via the West Coast Mainline and the Port of Liverpool.The 'tri-modal' freight facility and distribution park benefiting from rail, road and sea links has been a 'long-standing' economic priority for Salford council.Salford's directly-elected mayor Paul Dennett hopes

A new bus lane will be created as part of a series of junction improvements along Chorley Road in Swinton with work expected to start early next year.The roadworks along the A6 include installing a dedicated bus lane, increasing pavement space and upgrading traffic signal infrastructure at two junctions.The work is set to start in January and should be completed by the end of June.Salford's City Mayor Paul Dennett signed off the £1m scheme last week.The new dedicated bus lane will run north west along the A6 starting from the Stafford Road junction to the Wellington Road junction and continue from there to the approach of Chorley Road, Partington Lane and Station Road.It is hoped this will improve the reliability of the bus services, but

rejected by the High Court last year before they were taken to appeal.

Buile Hill Park.After 20 years of it falling into disrepair, the council had promised cash to help to save a classic of Georgian design dating from 1827.Boarded up and damaged by vandals, it has been a victim of several ill-fated rescue plans.But it is estimated that £5m is required to restore it to its original grandeur.The council has blamed the COVID pandemic and the dramatic slump in the economy for switching the funding to refuse trucks.But City Mayor Paul Dennett insists that the council’s commitment to restoring Buile Hill mansion "remains as strong as ever."“Due to the pandemic and economic downturn, it is clear that the external funding we hoped for will not be made available this financial year.

A war hero was not forgotten as he celebrated his 93rd birthday today in isolation.

Salford council could be spending up to £70,000 on political assistants but the possible move has caused a row in the town hall – after Labour said political parties rather than taxpayers should fund the positions.Council legislation says that any party with more than 10 percent of the seats can hire a political assistant.Salford Labour group already have a political organiser but this position is paid for by the Labour group.