BURY INDEPENDENTS PARTY TO STAND FIVE CANDIDATES IN MAY’S LOCAL ELECTIONS
Five Community campaigners from Unsworth, Whitefield, and Bury will stand as Bury Independents candidates in this year’s Bury Council local…
AI Could Help Bury Council Save Millions — Without Breaking the Bank
🏛️ Why AI Matters for Local Councils Councils across the UK are under pressure: rising demand, tight budgets, and stretched…
Bury Council’s Efficiency Savings: Seven Years of Missed Targets, even as New Funding Arrives
For seven consecutive financial years, Bury Council has set itself ambitious efficiency savings targets. Each year, those targets have been…
🎄 A Christmas Message from the Leader of Bury Independents 🎄
As we approach the end of 2025, I want to take a moment to wish every resident of Bury a…
True Ambition: Local Action, Not Loud Words
Recently, Bury’s Labour Council Leader Eamonn O’Brien claimed that only Labour is “ambitious enough to get on with the job,”…
Bury Labour and the Clean Air Zone Disaster – What a Waste!
Remember the controversial Clean Air Zone (CAZ) cameras that started popping up all over Greater Manchester—including right here in Bury?Well, they’re…
Bury Council’s Lane Rental Scheme Proposal: Political Theatre Over Practical Action
On Wednesday 16th July 2025, Bury Council’s Labour group presented a motion to Full Council under the grandiose headline “Take Back…
BURY LABOUR REJECT RETURN OF TOWNSHIP FORUMS
Up until 2017, the six towns of Bury held regular public meetings called Township Forums. In April 2024 the Bury…
BURY INDEPENDENTS CALL FOR A REDUCTION IN WEEKEND BURIAL COSTS
Timely burials hold significant religious importance for Muslim families. Currently the burial charge in Bury for an Adult resident is…
A big first year for Bury Independents – more to come!
As the end of 2024 fast approaches, Bury Independents becomes a year old. It only seems like yesterday when a…