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Another thought; As the government is very keen on encouraging the increased use of Public Transport as a way of reducing the country's carbon footprint. Why does this council not provide an example to us all by removing the allowances it pays for its employees to travel by car and insist instead that it will only reimburse public transport costs? The amount of carparking space taken up by Scaitcliffe House, positioned as it is in the centre of town, is disgraceful. I am sure that the land thus freed could be used to much better purpose, and dare I say it, Profit!

I note that recently the council spent many thousands of our pounds to provide gym facilities for its employees in the old manchester bank building on Canon Street. Surely it would be far cheaper and much more environmentally friendly to encourage it's employees to walk wherever they are going.