‘A right, not a privilege’: NHS students ‘entitled’ to bursary, declare Manchester activists
Manchester campaigners took to the streets to march against cuts to NHS Bursaries, which could leave healthcare students with as much as £60,000 of debt.
‘Sacrificed to feed the beast’: North Manchester hospital ‘faces extinction’ under Tories’ ‘staggering’ NHS cuts
North Manchester General Hospital may face ‘extinction’ as the shocking scale of budget cuts proposed by the government’s Healthier Together programme becomes clear.
‘Untrustworthy’ PM admits pay equality DOWN under Tories in Commons blunder – MP Abrahams not impressed
David Cameron made an embarrassing slip up on Prime Minister’s Question Time, proudly stating that pay inequality has gone up under the Tories when grilled by Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams.
‘Peculiar’: Man Uni experts attack plans to scrap ICT GCSEs and A Levels in 2017
Scrapping ICT GCSE and A Levels for computer science because they are ‘in a similar space’ is like saying ‘stitching footballs and playing football are the same thing’, argues a developement informatics professor.
‘Government can end deaths’: Manchester charity says UK should take in Calais migrants
The Government must allow migrants in the infamous ‘Jungle’ Calais camp to enter the UK, a Manchester-based Human Rights organisation has said.
Air strikes on ISIL will ‘create more terrorists’, warns Manchester Syrian group
Military intervention in Syria will cause more groups to radicalise and expose Britain to ‘greater vulnerabilities’, warns UK’s leading Syrian group.
Cameron would ‘knowingly’ break the law if UK bomb IS in Syria, warns Man Uni expert
Airstrikes against ISIL will be a knowing breach of international law by David Cameron, a Manchester University expert has warned ahead of Parliament’s vote on military intervention in Syria today.
‘More than ever need help’: Manchester families pushed to ‘crisis point’, warns charity
The country’s economic situation is causing ‘massive stress’ for Mancunians, according to the manager of a local charity dedicated to supporting struggling families.
‘Clearly racist’ Britain First could see surge in support after ‘shameful’ Paris attacks, says Hulme Green candidate
Britain First will see a surge in their support after the ‘callous and shameful’ Paris attacks, warns a Manchester Green Party candidate.
‘They don’t understand working people’: UKIP MEP slams Westminster bubble’s Powerhouse pipe dream
The deputy leader of UKIP has blasted the notion of a ‘Northern Powerhouse’, stating that the policy only reinforces perceptions of a Westminster bubble.
Expect ‘daily intrusion’ of your privacy under Theresa May’s new surveillance law – Manchester rights group
People should be fearful of ‘daily intrusions’ by police to their internet records and even personal messages without a warrant, warns a Manchester digital rights organisation.