Public consultation launched for Oldham Town Centre master plan
Oldham Council is launching a public consultation on its proposals for a new look town centre.
In June the local authority unveiled initial plans for...
HS2 was no more than a vanity project claims civil servant
A senior Treasury Civil Servant has said that the High Speed Rail Project was little more than a Northern political project and hinted that...
Women ‘less likely to find full time work’ since recession
WOMEN have become far more likely than men to work part time because they can’t find full-time work following the 2008 recession, a Manchester...
Millennials would rather have grown up in an earlier times finds survey
Britons across all age groups no longer believe that young people today will have a better life than their parents, according to new analysis...
“Council for the North” to be set up
Yesterday's transport summit in Leeds has agreed that a representative body of political, business and other leaders should be set up to speak with...
Leeds summit of Northern leaders to demand a fair deal from Government
Political and business Leaders from across major Northern cities are to meet for the first time in Leeds today to demand a fair deal...
Commit to HS3 former Chancellor Osborne tells the Prime Minister
Theresa May's Government made a systematic attempt to bury the concept of the Northern Powerhouse according to the former Chancellor George Osborne.
In an article...
More rights buying washing machine than renting….
Ten years ago Salford City Council became the first council in Britain to introduce landlord licensing to drive up management standards in the private...
Shocking North South divide over Breast feeding is revealed
New research reveals shocking North–South divide in breastfeeding rates across England that is worsening under Theresa May.
The analysis of breastfeeding at 6-8 weeks by...
Former Bury Labour leader suspended by party over child protection allegations
Ex-Bury Council leader Mike Connolly has been suspended by the Labour Party.
Connolly, who quit as leader last year, has been accused of not following child...