Altrincham Tory candidate slams Labour stamp duty pledge as ‘pie-in-sky promise’
A ‘pie-in-the-sky election promise’: that’s the accusation from Altrincham Tory candidate Graham Brady against Labour’s new stamp duty pledge.
Sex, pints and bacon butties: Has British politics become a personality contest?
MM took to the streets of Manchester to find out whether Mancunians thought that politics was now more of a popularity contest rather than policy contest.
‘Strongest voice on left of UK politics’: Manchester support SNP influence in May election
With General Election day rolling steadily closer, it’s looking increasingly as though Scotland – and the Scottish National Party in particular – could have a decisive influence on its outcome.
‘We gained a place in society’: Ten years since trans people won right to change legal gender
Ten years to the day since trans people were given the right to change their legal gender, MM caught up with Christine Burns MBE on how she managed to push through the pivotal bill.
Tory boy? Man City’s Lampard rejects Conservative offer to replace Rifkind as MP
Rifkind vacated the Kensington seat in west London last week after a hidden-camera TV documentary filmed the 68-year-old and Labour MP Jack Straw apparently offering their services to a private firm for cash.
Do Tories make it harder for minorities to vote? ‘Absurd’, says Salford Conservative cllr
Salford Conservative Councillor Iain Lindley has hit back at Labour Councillor Kevin Peel’s statement that ‘the Government made it harder for young people and ethnic minorities to vote’, calling the comment ‘absurd’ and ‘patronising’.
Manchester City Council ‘played political game’ on cuts by delaying £11m windfall
Sir Richard Leese has been accused of playing a ‘political game’ by allegedly delaying the announcement of Manchester City Council’s £11million windfall to boost moral after announcing cuts.
Labour and Lib Dems ‘too scared’ to back Cameron’s call for Greens in TV debate
Kieran Turner-Dave, the Green party’s Manchester Central candidate, has backed the Prime Minister David Cameron’s ultimatum to Ofcom that he will not take part in TV debates unless the Greens are included.
How do we save our NHS? 92% of Manchester for higher taxes NOT privatisation
As news hits of NHS crises across the country continues this week, the future of our health service seems uncertain, but 92% of Manchester are sure they do not want it to be privatisation.
Premier League no-standing policy is ‘bonkers’, says Manchester MP
At a meeting with Manchester City’s 1894 fan group to discuss rail seating, the safest standing system, Lib Dem MP for Withington John Leech questioned whether clubs would be vilified for introducing them.
Ukip runner says Stockport’s ‘fear of Manchester’ is like apartheid-era South Africa
Steven Woolfe, the migration and financial affairs spokesman for Nigel Farage’s party, said that current leaders were scared of change in the region and needed to rethink their relationship with Manchester.