‘Half the Cabinet are tax avoiders’ – sensational claim from Manchester councillor
A Manchester councillor has accused half the British cabinet of tax avoidance during a council meeting this week.
How do we save our NHS? 92% of Manchester for higher taxes NOT privatisation
As news hits of NHS crises across the country continues this week, the future of our health service seems uncertain, but 92% of Manchester are sure they do not want it to be privatisation.
NHS crisis: Tories are trying to put ‘plaster’ on gaping A&E wounds, claims Tameside MP
Tameside MP Andrew Gwynne has condemned the government’s response to the A&E crisis that has left units across the country ‘at the point of collapse’.
Ed’s ‘secret weapon’ will beat all the cash Tories can splash, says Hulme councillor
A Manchester councillor says local activism will be Labour’s ‘secret weapon’ in the run-up to the general election as the party prepare to hold ‘four million conversations’.
Manchester ‘cat crisis’ as bedroom tax forces owners to abandon pets
Bedroom tax is not just hitting Manchester residents hard, but their pets too, as the benefits squeeze makes people feel they have no choice but to abandon their four-legged friends
Rochdale’s ‘unfair burden’? So-called asylum seekers ‘should go back to own country’, says Simon Danczuk
Asylum seekers are an ‘unfair burden’ on Rochdale and many should go ‘back to their own country’, according to the town’s MP Simon Danczuk.
Nuisance call crackdown: Big companies ‘masquerade’ as little guys, claims Cheadle MP
Major international companies need to stop hiding behind the names of small businesses to deceive unsuspecting victims of nuisance calls claims a Cheadle MP.
Porn law fury: How ‘old men who’ve never made a woman come’ decide how YOU get off
The Government’s controversial new porn laws mean ‘a bunch of old dudes who’ve never made a woman ejaculate’ are now deciding what porn you can and can’t watch, according to an adult entertainment mogul.
One in four children live below poverty line in Manchester, say university experts
More than one in four children are living in poverty in Greater Manchester according to shocking figures produced by university experts.
Death… no longer the great equaliser: Funeral poverty and the digitalisation of dying
Funeral costs have nearly doubled in the last decade – yet a bill to seize control of prices and ensure ‘simple funerals’ is being heard in Parliament today in a bid to tackle to spiraling crisis.
Clegg’s traffic plans ‘could make Manchester roads MORE dangerous for cyclists’
Manchester’s biggest cycling club have slammed Nick Clegg’s £214million ‘strategic road network’, saying it makes the city’s roads less safe.