Altrincham and Sale West Conservative Association

Britain’s bill for April is due…and it’s eyewatering.

Thanks to Rachel Reeves, we’re spending over £10 billion just on paying the interest on our debt.

Conservatives are the only Party with a plan to fix it.

Fantastic to see Chris and Alison of the Dunham Apple Barn being recognised with a Trafford and Hulme CAMRA award.

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Trafford Conservatives

Today I met with the Headteacher of Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Mr Wright, at the school to discuss ongoing concerns around road safety on Marlborough Road.

Alongside my colleagues, Cllr Lisa Hancock (Bowdon Ward) and Cllr Natalie Shalom (Hale Ward), we are determined to work collaboratively with the school, residents and Trafford Council to find practical solutions to the serious issues being experienced in the area.

Concerns raised include congestion, dangerous driving, unsafe parking, and the risks faced daily by pedestrians, parents and schoolchildren travelling to and from the school.

We all share the same objective - improving safety whilst ensuring any measures introduced are sensible, balanced and workable for local residents and the wider community.

This will require cooperation between the school, local councillors, highways officers and residents, and we are committed to keeping those conversations moving forward constructively.

The safety of children and residents must come first, and we will continue pushing for meaningful action.

Cllr Lisa Hancock Bowdon Ward Natalie4Hale Trafford Conservatives Altrincham and Sale West Conservative Association

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Fly-tipping is unacceptable, and this location is outright dangerous.

If paying someone to dispose of household items, please ensure that you only use licensed waste removal companies.

Conservative councillors have reported a serious and frankly disgraceful case of fly tipping right in the middle of Dairyhouse Lane today.

This kind of selfish behaviour is completely unacceptable. It creates a hazard for motorists, damages the local environment, and leaves residents dealing with the mess and frustration.

The issue has now been formally reported to Trafford Council for urgent action under reference: CAS-209760-P7K8.

If anyone has information about who is responsible, please report it to the Council. Residents should not have to put up with this sort of behaviour in our area.

Shengke Zhi, Conservative Councillor for Bowdon Ward Cllr Lisa Hancock Bowdon Ward

𝗖𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆: 𝗜𝗳 𝗨𝗞 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗲𝘄𝘀, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻

08.05.2026

If the UK is allowed to become a country where Jews cannot feel safe and comfortable, then it is not a country which should be lived in, Sir James Cleverly declared this week.
The former Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary told guests at Hale Synagogue, Cheshire, where he visited to show solidarity: “I know I’m not alone on this.
“If we allow the violence and the extreme voices to chase you out of the UK, then we will have lost something so fundamental that it will make it impossible to view this country in the way that I’ve always viewed this country.”
Sir James, the current Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, recalled having a conversation with someone about Jews, who claimed they are not really British because “they come here and they are Russian, they are Polish and blah, blah, blah”.
He said: “I told him that my mother came here in the 1960s from West Africa, so clearly by his own definition, she, and by extension I, and therefore by extension my children, are not really British.
“How many generations do you have to be somewhere before that distance is no longer brought up?
“Because the last time I checked, there have been Jews in the UK for centuries.
“I've always had a belief that if you choose to come here, you play by the rules, you pay your taxes, you do the right thing, then you’re one of us.
“I always thought that was the deal. And if that’s not the deal, then someone really should let me know, because that’s not how I thought this worked.
“To single out one community, one faith and to say actually, it doesn’t matter how many decades, or how many generations, or how much blood you have spilled, or your family has spilled, defending our country and our values, you’re never really one of us.
“It can never be accepted as a starting point for conversation.”
He added: “When people in politics and public policy imply that just because Jews have decided they need a bit of an insurance policy (Israel) against persecution that somehow you’re not properly British, my question is, you know what?
“Why do you think Jewish people feel that they need a place to run to, to seek protection?
“Might it be because, on an alarmingly regular basis, for centuries, when domestic politics goes wrong, people turn to the Jews to say, actually, you know what, not my fault, let’s blame them, and do a whole load of murdering while we’re at it.
“This is the point I'm trying to get across — having somewhere to run to does not make you less British.”
The Conservative MP, who represents Braintree, in Essex, is a long-time supporter of Israel who visited the Jewish state four days after October 7.
And, at a Conservative Friends of Israel event three years ago, he poured scorn on the allegation that that Israel is an apartheid state.
Sir James said at the time: “The first experience I had in the ‘apartheid state’ of Israel was the Islamic call to prayer from the mosque next to our hotel.
“I’m looking at Arab Israelis and just next to them were bikini-clad Israelis in perfect peace and harmony.
“That was a really, really impressive moment for me.
“It encapsulated why we remain a staunch defender of Israel.”
At Hale Synagogue, where he was invited by Councillor Nathan Evans, Leader of the Conservative Party on Trafford Council, the 56-year-old recalled how the persecution of the Jews was something he had read about in history books at school.
And, therefore, at the time, it did not feel real.
Sir James said: “I kind of wish that that was still the situation.
“As I got older, as I got more involved with public policy and community work and politics, I had a slow, creeping realisation that persecution of Jews wasn't something that was tied to the history books.
“And a little comment from my Jewish friends about how their everyday life was different to mine started to introduce me to the difficulties that you as a community face.
“As I got actively involved in politics, that's where I first was introduced to the work of the CST.
“And, for me, it was an absolute shock to be told that it was required and it was essential to provide highly trained, enhanced security just so kids could go to school and just so people could go shopping in Jewish areas. That hit like a punch.
“It was an insulting truth about the nature of being Jewish in a country that I regarded as being open and tolerant and liberal and safe.”
Sir James also recalled visiting Israel shortly after October 7.
“It was to show solidarity to a nation that had experienced a terrorist attack,” he continued. “That was with my foreign affairs hat on.
“Not long after that, I became Home Secretary and I was reminded that these events were not events that were happening just in southern Israel. That the ripple effect of these events were washing across the UK, every part of the UK, and internationally.
“Something struck me at that point, which I think has been strangely under-reported, that the marches, the allegedly pro-Palestinian marches, and the stickers put on that post along the routes of those marches, celebrating the actions of Hamas.
“Blaming all Jews internationally for a military action which at that point had not yet even started.
“This aggressive behaviour pre-dated Israel’s military action in response to the October 7 attacks.
“All the people who justify their hatred and vitriol and say, 'well, look at what the Israeli military is doing in Gaza'.
“But, if that is the case, how is it these hateful marches and condemnation of Jews pre-dated Israel's military action?
“Because maybe, just maybe, there are a whole load of people waiting for a ready-made excuse to dig up some of those long-standing prejudices.”
He explained that his support for Jewish communities is “only partially about Jewish communities”.
Sir James said: “We’ve got to find a way where people can celebrate who they are, their faith, their religion, their community, comfortably alongside people who don’t share the same faith, come from different communities, without feeling the need to physically defend themselves against attack.
“And until we are at that point, we cannot, as a political class, rest or pat ourselves on the back and pretend this country is a good place.
“Because it isn't.”

Ahead of the State Opening of Parliament today, the Conservatives have published their alternative King's Speech, the legislation we would pass if we were in government.

While Labour are paralysed by Kier Starmer's efforts to cling onto office, Kemi Badenoch and her team are focused on delivering real solutions to the issues facing our country.

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LABOUR will today press ahead with a controversial law exposing Northern Ireland veterans to endless prosecution.

Allowing ex-soldiers to be hounded through the courts by vexatious claims.