Labour selects candidate to fight for Altrincham and Sale West seat
Labour has selected Ben Hartley, as its Parliamentary Candidate for the next General Election.
Following a hustings and vote of local Labour Party members on...
More cuts in Local Government funding if the Tories get in says the IFS
The money allocated by the Conservatives would not be sufficient to meet rising costs and demands over the next parliament even if council...
Labour take Selby,Lib Dems win in Somerset but Tories hold Uxbridge in by election...
Labour have overturned a majority of 20,137 votes, the biggest it has ever overcome at a by-election to win the seat of Selby and Ainsty...
Oldham Labour hit back at Tory Austerity, delivering fairer vision for the many as...
Oldham Council’s Labour leadership launched a stinging attack on Tory austerity as they agreed a budget that takes to £208 million the...
Tories sabotage McMahon’s bill to lower voting age
Oldham MP Jim McMahon’s Private members bill to give the vote to 16 and 17 year olds has been defeated in the House of...
“To think of all the sacrifices they asked people in Greater Manchester to make.”
“To think of all the sacrifices they asked people in Greater Manchester to make.” tweeted Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham as footage appeared last...
Government to open independent investigaton into Cameron lobbying
The government has opened an independent investigation into lobbying after former Prime Minister David Cameron’s activities on behalf of finance firm Greensill Capital raised...
Queen’s speech-Government sets out its plans but what happened to the Employment Rights Bill?
Prince Charles stood in for the Queen at the state opening of parliament after she pulled out with mobility issues.
It is the first...
Gorton MP receives suspicious package at Westminster office
Manchester Gorton Labour MP Afzal Khan was one of four Muslim MP’s to receive suspicious packages at Westminster.
Along with Ealing Central and Acton MP, Rupa Huq,...
Ditch the deal or we’ll stand candidates in all the constituencies, Farage tells Johnson
Nigel Farage says Boris Johnson should ditch his deal with the European Union adding the general election is a chance to change course.
Launching the...