Shadow Cabinet post for Oldham’s Jim McMahon as Rebecca Long-Bailey moves to education

Salford and Eccles MP Rebecca Long Bailey has retained her place in the Shadow cabinet after the new leader of the Labour Party appointed...

Labour analysis reveals 19 out of 20 English areas under restrictions have experienced increased...

Labour analysis reveals that 19 out of 20 areas in England that have been have been under restrictions for two months have seen an...

“Could the Prime Minister live on £8 a month?” asks Manchester MP

A constituent of Withington MP Jeff Smith has fallen through the gaps in the self employed support scheme and is living on £8 a...

Boris Johnson lockdown scepticism was out of step with wider public – but not...

New British Election Study research from experts based at The University of Manchester and Royal Holloway shows that while Boris Johnson’s scepticism about coronavirus...

Conservatives deny Bury South MP was hungover at Gibraltar Armistice event

The Conservative Party has rejected claims made today that two Tory MPs on the Gibraltar Remembrance trip, one of whom was the Bury South...

Mail on Sunday editor refuses to meet Common’s speaker over Angela Rayner article

The Mail on Sunday Editor David Dillon has written to the House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle rejecting his demand for a meeting over the...

Bury North MP quits Government

Bury North MP James Daly is now one of 45 ministers to have quit Boris Johnson’s Government Daley has resigned as PPS for the...

Manchester academics on how Liz Truss can deal with the Cost of Living crisis

As Liz Truss gets the keys to Downing Street, what do our experts think should be first on her to do list? Dr Graeme Sherriff,...

Government childcare plans put children at risk’ says Oldham Labour

The government is again facing criticism over proposals for early years childcare. Those raising concerns include Oldham Labour’s Councillor Leanne Munroe, lead for Early...

Gove promises £30m to improve social housing as he criticises the pace of devolution...

The levelling up Secretary Michael Gove has announced a £30m fund to address social housing across Greater Manchester Speaking at the Conference for the North...