High street help: 15,000 Greater Manchester businesses to enjoy 30% rate cuts
The scheme is part of the Government’s long-term economic plan to help struggling shops, pubs and high streets across the country ‘build a stronger economy’
Cameron = zombies: Undead will come to Manchester due to cuts, says 2.8 Hours Later survival game creator
The 2.8 Hours Later: Survival game will transform Manchester into a zombie wasteland in July.
Look after yourself because the state won’t, says Manchester MP as Osborne plans to raise pension age to 70
Plan was revealed as part of Autumn Statement
More than 1,700 troubled Manchester families’ lives turned around in scheme tackling anti-social behaviour
Troubled families programme has helped 4,500 families nationwide
Cameron, you’re barred! Paul Heaton hits out at PM for liking his music – by banning him from Salford pub
Heaton launched tirade after PM cited band as a favourite
Piccadilly Pulse: Who bears prime responsibility for our ‘lonely’ elderly – the state or the family?
More than 800,000 people in England – most of them elderly – are chronically lonely
‘Mental illness is NO prison sentence’: Rochdale group seek to change attitudes for World Mental Health Day
The event is organised by Rochdale and District Mind
Stockport-born Tory MP Patrick Mercer quits party whip amid Panorama lobbying scandal allegations
Former minister will step down completely in 2015