Manchester’s £7m mental health cuts will cause more deaths, warns patient group
Cuts to Manchester’s mental health services will ’cause more deaths’, warned a local patient support group as they lobbied outside the Town Hall yesterday.
Racist comments ‘from heart’ of government spur on white supremacist groups, says Manchester Green candidate
The racist, scapegoating comments coming from ‘the heart’ of government feed the ideology of white supremacist groups in Britain, says a Manchester Green Party candidate.
Manchester council’s hands tied by ‘horrendous’ Tories, says homeless charity boss
Manchester City Council are doing all they can to help the homeless on a shoestring budget liminted by the ‘horrendous’ Tories, according to the co-founder of the Manchester soup kitchen Coffee4Craig.
Family the ‘bedrock’ of welfare reform, says Duncan Smith at Tory Conference
Family is the ‘bedrock’ of any good society and the government’s welfare reforms, said Iain Duncan Smith at the Manchester Conservative Party Conference today.
‘Enough is enough’: Greater Manchester Pension Fund’s £1.3bn fossil fuel investment ‘blot’ on city’s green record
Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) have £1.3billion invested in ‘risky and unethical’ fossil fuel companies equating to £477 per resident according to new figures.
‘Be there or be sanctioned’: The Iain Duncan Smiths on pig gate, ‘rudderless hippies’, and ‘brutal’ welfare reform
Viral sensation The Iain Duncan Smiths have added an ingenious twist to a Smiths tribute band – fusing flawless imitation with witty political satire to pay refreshing homage to Manchester’s indie icons.
Actors talk politics, pig gate, and sexism after show at Manchester’s HOME
David Cameron was the target of a political rant from the stars of Kneehigh theatre company’s musical Dead Dog In A Suitcase in the post-show talk at Manchester’s HOME yesterday.
Thousands of North West homes to be privatised under new UK government proposal
More than 2,600 council homes in the North West face being sold to the private market under new government plans, according to housing and homelessness charity Shelter – and Stockport is the worst hit area in the region.
‘Horrified’: Community anger drives Piccadilly protesters in Refugees Matter movement
People of all ages, colours and creeds gathered in Piccadilly Gardens on Saturday afternoon as part of a nationwide protest against the government’s handling of the refugee crisis.
Oldham MP calls on Cameron to investigate ‘insensitive’ IDS for benefits ‘fraud’
Labour MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, Debbie Abrahams, calls for Prime Minister David Cameron to launch an investigation into Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith for falsifying benefits claimants’ quotes.
‘Vitally important’: Social media campaign launched to stop Stockport court closure
The closure of the court could mean that cases from Stockport could now be heard at Manchester and Salford magistrates’ court and Manchester County Court based at the Civil Justice Centre.