Time to pull together, new council leader urges
The new leader of Rochdale Borough Council has called for unity and asked people to “pull together” as he begins his new role.
Councillor Allen...
Parliament asserts its responsibility to the people
Greater Manchester’s MP came out in force last night to defeat Theresa May’s Government flagship EU withdrawal bill.
They backed an amendment by the former Tory attorney...
Keeley slams government proposals of mental health and young people.
Barbara Keeley MP, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health and MP for Worsley and Eccles,has slammed the government’s Green Paper on and described...
Top 10% of households nearly 900 times wealthier than poorest 10%
Only 4% of people think the distribution of wealth in the UK will become fairer in the next 10 years
Wealth inequality in the UK...
New Parliamentary Group launches to support the Northern Powerhouse
A powerful group of MPs, civic leaders, Peers and business leaders have joined together to allow the North of England to speak with one...
Bury MP Ivan Lewis suspended from the Labour Party
Greater Manchester MP Ivan Lewis has been suspended from the Labour Party.
The MP for Bury South was being formally investigated after allegations that back...
The Tories have run out of ideas and have no plan to tackle the...
Greater Manchester’s Labour MP’s have slammed the Chancellor following yesterday’s budget.
There say that there was no meaningful funding increase for our schools who are...
Britain on course for longest fall in living standards since records began over 60...
Britain is on course for the longest period of falling living standards since records began in the 1950s, with the current crunch forecast to...
Two Shaw Lib Dem parish councillors are kicked out of the party
Oldham Liberal Democrats have revoked the membership of two Shaw and Crompton parish councillors.
Shaun Duffy and Denise Tindall remain members of the parish council...
NW hit hardest as Public sector pay squeeze has reduced spending power in England...
The public sector pay cap has reduced spending power in England by £8.5 billion this year according to new analysis published by the TUC...