Manchester charity urges inspiring young adults to join fight for educational equality
A youth social action charity is looking for inspirational young adults to help transform the lives of children in Greater Manchester.
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.
Labour’s future ‘catastrophic’ if Miliband’s legacy watered down, warns Oldham MP
A Greater Manchester Labour MP has said it will be ‘catastrophic’ if the future leadership ignore Ed Miliband’s suffering at the hands of the right-wing press or water down what the party stands for.
A healthy retirement? Fat chance if you live in Manchester, new stats warn
People in Manchester city centre are not even expected to reach the traditional retirement ages of 60 and 65 before moving into a phase where their health is neither very good nor good.
Women owe it to suffragettes to vote, claims People’s History Museum chief
The People’s History Museum commemorated the women’s suffrage movement last Saturday as part of International Women’s Day (IWD) – documenting the events before females were eventually granted the full right to an electoral vote in 1928.
Wanted – Robin Hood tax: Should richest 1% share their money with the poor?
The wealthiest 1% of the world’s population will own more than the remaining 99% within two years, according to a report by the aid and development charity Oxfam.
Rise in inequality: G’ment ‘betrayed a generation’ over tuition fees, says Sale MP
Wythenshawe and Sale West’s Labour MP Mike Kane is pointing the finger at government for the increased inequality between the rich and the poor in the North West
Poor are TWICE as likely to smoke – and fifth of England’s most deprived areas are in Greater Manchester
You are TWICE as likely to smoke if you live in a deprived area – and a fifth of the country’s poorest areas are in Greater Manchester, a study has revealed