Platt Fields Park community orchards are the best in the land
The Friends of Platt Fields have scooped a £1,000 prize, after the park’s community orchards were named the best in the UK.
The group were...
Launch of a new alliance to tackle food poverty in Greater Manchester
The Greater Manchester Food Poverty Alliance was launched at a packed Methodist Central Hall earlier this week.
Individuals with their own experiences of food poverty...
Manchester to invest £2.7m for adult social care services this winter
Manchester City Council is to invest an extra £2.67m of funding for adult social care services to help address the pressures on the NHS...
Social mobility has stagnated over the last four years
The Social Mobility Commission’s sixth annual State of the National report, published today, says ‘social mobility has stagnated over the last four years at...
Every jobcentre in the UK will have a trained domestic abuse point of contact...
Every jobcentre in the UK will have a trained domestic abuse point of contact by the end of summer, Work and Pensions Secretary Amber...
Drastic rise in retirement age betrays UK women
Today, campaigners lost a significant legal battle against the government's handling of the rise in women's state pension age. The retirement age for women...
UK sitting on Dementia Care cost timebomb
The cost of social care for people living with dementia will nearly treble by 2040, a report by the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre...
Poll highlights stark regional differences in people’s perceptions of their life prospects
Over half of people in the North West are pessimistic about their chances to progress in the area they live in, with more than half...
Private members bill to lower the cost of school uniforms for hard up families...
Weaver Vale MP and former Manchester Council Executive member Mike Amesbury is introducing a private members bill into the House of Commons today aimed...
COVID-19 Social distancing having significant impacts on mental health, study shows
An early draft of a study by researchers at The University of Manchester and Swansea University shows social distancing and isolation is having significant impacts...