“Manchester help me”- homeless face eviction in city centre
Homeless refugees living in tents in St Peter’s Square were slapped with an eviction notice yesterday morning. The encampment outside
‘You’re f***ing s**t’: MM reporter sleeps rough to reveal abuse and alienation of Manchester’s homeless
As families and friends prepare to feast and be merry, one of MM’s reporters spent a night on the streets of Manchester to experience the alienation and despair that will seem unimaginable to most of us this Christmas.
Manchester City Council must use or scrap injunction, says Homeless Camp legal rep
Manchester City Council must ‘either issue or discharge’ their injunction against the city’s homeless camp, after a bid to imprison seven people for breaching it was overturned, a representative of the accused told Mancunian Matters.
The Ark eviction: Manchester City Council defends its actions after controversy
Manchester City Council have refuted claims that they are in the wrong regarding the eviction of ‘The Ark’ homeless camp, stating that public disruption necessitated its removal.
Manchester homeless camp’s legal rep says ‘only a death’ will get city council to care
A video of Greater Manchester Police ‘stealing’ and throwing away homeless protesters’ tents in St Ann’s Square has gone viral on social media but their solicitor says ‘nothing short of a death’ will get the council to care.
City’s most vulnerable ‘at risk’ after Manchester council chiefs win injunction against homeless camp
Manchester City Council obtained an injunction yesterday not only against the homeless protesters in the camps in St Ann’s Square and Castlefield but against anyone setting up any temporary form of accommodation in Manchester City Centre.