Amnesty UK throws birthday party in Manchester for two activists locked up in the UAE
The Manchester chapter of Amnesty International (AI) celebrated the birthdays of two human rights activists being detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Migration is not threatening British cohesion – look at Manchester, says MEP
Manchester shows that migration has a prosperous effect on our society says North West MEP, as Home Secretary Theresa May announced that high immigration makes it ‘impossible to build a cohesive society’.
EU must push for peace between Palestine and Israel, says North West MEP
The EU should use all its tools to bring about a new Middle East peace process and prevent creating another generation of young Palestinians with ‘life long hatred in their hearts’, said a North West MEP.
Full STEAM ahead: EU vote for gender equality in schools will see more women in politics, says North West MEP
The EU vote to introduce gender equality measures to ‘all levels’ of the education system will ‘amplify the representation of women’ in our social and political spheres for future generations, according to a North West MEP.
Cameron grabs EU initiative but what would a no vote mean for Manchester?
In The Conservative Party Manifesto 2015 David Cameron then ‘committed that he will only lead a government that offers an in-out referendum’ on EU membership before the end of 2017.
#EndTamponTax: Manchester University joins fight against ‘tax on having a womb’
As #EndTamponTax does the rounds on Twitter and the petition ‘Stop taxing periods. Period’ gains more than 200,000 the University of Manchester is looking into ways to make sanitary products cheaper for their female students.
Europe’s ‘duty’ is to follow Manchester’s success in religious harmony – EU chief
Manchester has shown that integration is ‘possible’ and that other European countries should follow the city’s ‘successful’ model, according to the president of the Socialist and Democratic group in the EU, after his visit to the North West.