New leader promises to focus on providing high-quality services for residents Date published: 20 May 2021
Councillor Neil Emmott, Leader of Rochdale Council
The new leader of Rochdale Borough Council says he will concentrate on ensuring that the council provides the high-quality public services that residents expect and deserve to see.
Councillor Neil Emmott, whose leadership was confirmed by fellow councillors at a meeting of the full council last night (19 May), says he will focus on residents’ priorities and putting people first.
The 58-year-old West Middleton councillor was born in Heywood and attended St Joseph’s RC Primary School in Heywood and Cardinal Langley before going on to study modern languages at Swansea University. Coun Emmott also studied at the University of Valencia and the Sorbonne in Paris and is fluent in five languages.
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Rochdale council’s new leader-elect to focus on delivering ‘first class’ services after being installed as Labour group’s top dog Date published: 10 May 2021
Councillor Neil Emmott
Rochdale Council’s new leader-elect says he will focus on delivering ‘first class’ services after successfully challenging his predecessor at the weekend.
Councillor Neil Emmott has been installed as the Labour group’s top dog after being voted in by a ‘landslide’ at the group’s AGM on Sunday 9 May.
Council to bring pothole repairs and road maintenance back ‘in house’ next year Date published: 11 March 2021
Rochdale Council will bring highways repairs and road resurfacing back ‘in house’ next year
Rochdale Council is to bring the job of fixing potholes and keeping roads in decent condition back ‘in house’.
The authority is ditching contractor Balfour Beatty in a move it claims will give it more ‘control and flexibility’ over how it carries out the ‘vital service’.
The decision means the company will stop performing highways maintenance for the council when its contract ends in March next year.
‘Key functions’ set to come back under direct control of the local authority include the following: