Recycling rise in Manchester prompts new bin collections calendar

Manchester City Council is announcing a new bin collections calendar, following a major boost to the city’s recycling rates. Manchester’s recycling rate has increased from...

Vacancy for the position of Northern Powerhouse Minister

The government will be looking for a new minister for the Northern Powerhouse. Andrew Percy MP who took up the role in July of last...

Six Greater Manchester MP’s in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow team

With Andrew Gwynne MP for Reddish and Denton returning to Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government,...

Burnham appoints his Tory rival to Greater Manchester’s Lead for Skills, Employment, and Apprenticeships

The Leader of Trafford Council, who stood as Tory candidate in the recent Mayoral elections,  will oversee plans to secure higher quality apprenticeships with...

Election Live-May says she will form government

  Theresa May faces a backlash  after her decision to hold a snap election has backfired The Prime Minister has announced her intention to go to...

Manchester under 18s stage political demonstration on election day

“We can’t vote but we matter”: on election day Manchester teenagers take to the streets to demand a voice. Activists from the UK’s first under...

Andrew Gwynne leaves his mark on the election campaign as he calls Boris a...

Local MP and Labour's General Election coordinator Andrew Gwynne may well have been part of the best action in this somewhat uninspiring campaign to...

Dark goings on in Withington constituency

Lib Dem campaigners in Manchester's Withington constituency have claimed that Labour Party activists have been driving around the constituency stealing from people's property in...

Danczuk cleared of allegations of rape

Former Rochdale Labour MP Simon Danczuk has been cleared of all rape allegations by the Metropolitan Police, The allegations were made on the same day,...