In the weeks running up to this very wet and windy General Election, Bolton North-East was listed as one of the too-close-to-call seats that might swing the result nationally.

Manchester MPs think Transport for the North (TfN) will be good for business, but have said it needs to be beneficial for everyone else as well.

Commuters across Bolton using both Northern Rail and First TransPennine Express faced severe overcrowding throughout the festive period – resulting in many people being left on station platforms.

A Bolton MP has hit out at the government’s ‘broken promises’ to improve the train service and add more carriages on the journey to and from Manchester.

Bolton’s Labour MP David Crausby has expressed concern over the Government’s half-hearted response to his grassroots football e-petition, which is trying to change the way children’s football is funded

A campaign to get the Premier League to put more money into grass roots football setup by a Bolton MP has received backing from a new local football team.

A new proposal that could mean the Premier League is taxed to fund grass roots football has been welcomed by the MP for Bolton North East.

MP David Crausby, who has represented Bolton North East since 1997, has re-launched a campaign to change the way grassroots football is funded.