The announcement joins three other ‘red line’ policies which the party says will be non-negotiable conditions in any coalition deal, just before a possible hung parliament next week.

As the tension and the media coverage builds in the final leg of the race to become Britain’s next Prime Minister, MM have got in touch with a local politics expert to get his views of how the atmosphere surrounding the General Election has changed in Manchester over the last 32 years.

Chancellor George Osborne unveiled the coalition’s final budget earlier this week which included raised income tax allowances however, not everyone was pleased with Mr Osborne’s ‘roof fixing’.

Four Greater Manchester districts feature in the UK’s top 20 job seeker sanction hot-spots – making it one of the most heavily penalised regions in the country.

Manchester celebrities Shaun Ryder, Terry Christian, Rowetta and Claire Mooney lead hundreds of protesters in a rally against ‘appalling’ coalition cuts that have affected the city at Albert Square.

Ed Miliband will reveal Labour’s ’10 year plan’ for the NHS in Trafford today in an attempt to win the trust of voters – 100 days before the General Election.

Stretford and Urmston’s Lib Dem candidate believes she can win the seat in May’s election, stealing it from its 17-year Labour stronghold.

The government’s Universal Credit scheme could cause a rise in domestic and financial abuse, claim grassroots groups following Deven Ghelani’s talk at Manchester Policy Week

A leading Greater Manchester economist has labelled the latest set of public sector finances a ‘serious embarrassment’ for the government.

Sir Andrew Stunnell and Jim Dobbin backed the motion

The proposals come from Labour leader Ed Milliband