Package for Val campaign launches in libraries to fight city-wide period poverty on International...

A campaign to tackle period poverty has launched across Manchester on International Women’s Day (8 March). The Package for Val initiative, has been rolled...

Study highlights ‘double burden’ of unhealthy food environment in deprived areas

The findings, published in Health & Place, highlight the double burden faced by people living in the most deprived areas, where there tend to...

Poorest will receive just 3 per cent of the Chancellor’s tax giveaway

Measures announced in this week’s spring budget will provide the richest households with an extra £930 per year more than the poorest, analysis by...

‘We want equality and recognition’, say 100 older women in new Manchester project

Equal rights, good work and recognition of unpaid labour are some of the demands from a collective voice of 100 diverse Manchester women aged...

Extension of Household Support Fund is welcomed – but government must commit to permanent...

After months of uncertainty for local authorities across the country, the Chancellor has today announced that the Household Support Fund (HSF) will be extended...

Call to ease energy bills woe of people with communal heating systems

The government is being urged to take action to help thousands of people who are stuck with high energy bills because their heat is...

Having a ‘regular doctor’ can significantly reduce GP workload, study finds

f all GP practices moved to a model where patients saw the same doctor at each visit, it could significantly reduce doctor workload while...

North of England set for more than a half century of sicker, shorter healthy...

A new report reveals that the gap in Healthy Life Expectancy between the North and South East England won't close until 2080 on current...

Manchester research reveals majority of women experience abuse while running

A Manchester project to learn about women’s experiences of abuse whilst out running has found that more than two-thirds of them have been abused...

Metro Mayors unite to call for extension of vital Household Support Fund in Spring...

Metro Mayors from across England have today united to call for an extension to the government’s Household Support Fund in the Spring Budget taking...