Councillor John Merry

Organisation
Salford City Council

Job title/role
Leader of the council

E-mail address
councillor.merry@salford.gov.uk

Area covered by organisation
Salford

Sector
Public

Organisation's aims/vision
To create the best possible quality of life for the people of Salford

Organisation's key targets
Seven pledges to the people of Salford serve as a long term framework, shaping the way the council works:
- Improving health in Salford
- Reducing crime in Salford
- Encouraging learning, leisure and creativity in Salford
- Investing in young people in Salford
- Promoting inclusion in Salford
- Creating prosperity in Salford
- Enhancing life in Salford

Organisation's main activities in 2007
The priorities as laid out on the Cabinet Workplan are:
- Undertaking a council-wide spending review to understand if the right resources are being directed to the right place at the right time
- Influence partners to deliver outcomes in the city
- 'Raise the bar' in terms of what the people of Salford should expect for themselves and from the council

Additional information
Cllr Merry also chairs the Strategic Partnership's executive