The real deal or a pre-election ploy? Manchester’s verdict on promise of new rail fleet
The rail network in Manchester and the North of England is to be revitalised between now and 2020, according to new government plans.
Manchester People’s History Museum ‘demystifies’ British politics with Election! exhibit
Manchester People’s History Museum host an Election! exhibition, which will grow and evolve around the 2015 campaign, and include collections featuring iconic objects from every general election from 1900-2010.
Manchester named world’s 14th most sustainable city ‘thanks to grassroots groups’
Manchester has been named the world’s 14th most sustainable city and community groups are the driving force behind it, according to an environmental campaigner.
General election 2015: Greater Manchester political landscape ahead of vote
Ahead of what promises to be one of the most closely fought general elections in recent history, MM profiles all of the Greater Manchester constituencies.
Vote Tory and get 1930s’ health, Miliband tells Trafford in key election speech
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.
Manchester MP blasts David Cameron’s ‘cheek’ over ‘weasel words’ on day of cuts
A Manchester MP has slammed David Cameron for proclaiming his support for the North on the same day the city council was forced to announce drastic budget cuts.
Manchester councillor’s pride at being ‘working class, single mum’ on stage with Miliband
A Manchester councillor revealed her pride at being a working class, single mum representing her community, as she stood on stage alongside the potential Prime Minister Ed Miliband at his defiant speech in Salford yesterday
US-EU trade deals are ‘biggest threat to democracy’, says Manchester Green hopeful
Manchester Central’s Green Party candidate has spoken of the threat posed to the sovereignty of the United Kingdom by Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnerships (TTIPs).
Green Party surge ‘likely to overtake Ukip AND Lib Dems’, says Manchester candidate
The Green Party is planning to overhaul the Liberal Democrats and UKIP next year, according to their Manchester Central candidate.
Labour’s Emily Thornberry resignation over ‘snobby’ tweet was big ‘overreaction’
A Stockport councillor has leapt to the defence of Labour MP Emily Thornberry, saying her forced resignation over an ‘ill-judged’ tweet was an ‘overreaction’.
Rochester by-election win for Ukip is ‘inescapable disaster’ for Tories, warns expert
A Ukip win in the Rochester by-election tomorrow would be a ‘disaster’ for Tories… but that’s just what a Manchester politics expert believes is inevitable.