The devolution of health care funding to Greater Manchester needs to ‘truly reflect all’ in the region, according to a leading spokesperson in the LGBT community.

“I grew up with the cliché that if it wasn’t happening in London, it wasn’t happening at all.”

Lesley Calvert, a former district nurse from Salford who thought she was ‘losing her marbles’, describes living with dementia before her diagnosis

As part of Chancellor George Osborne’s plan for a ‘Northern Powerhouse,’ Devo Manc will see greater powers devolved from central government, along with the creation directly-elected Mayor for Greater Manchester.

A local campaign group have stated that ‘our NHS faces extinction’, as they lead the fight to prevent the downgrading of six district hospitals in Greater Manchester.

Inspired by the illustrious history of progressive thought in Manchester, a group known as Discuss is bringing together figures from across the political spectrum to examine the most pressing issues of our time.

The wellbeing of the Manchester’s residents is in for a boost thanks to a new partnership being formed under the devolution of health and social care.

Young workers in the North West are more likely to job-hop in search of higher pay and benefits than the previous generation, who prioritised job security, new research reveals.

Currently 500,000 people in Greater Manchester are already covered and this will increase to 1.1m people, through new initiatives in Wigan and across the city of Manchester funded by over £8m from the national Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund.

Wednesday’s Queen’s Speech reaffirmed the government’s commitment to creating a ‘Northern Powerhouse’ with Manchester at its centre.

Greater Manchester’s Police & Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has put his name in the hat to become the region’s Interim Mayor as part of the devolution of powers to the city.