Labour seized Stockport Council off the Lib Dems in dramatic fashion, meaning the city is red for the first time in 40 years.

Trafford Conservatives were congratulating themselves on a relatively comfortable evening’s work in the only Tory-held borough in Greater Manchester.

The election results in Oldham proved fruitful for Labour, but a few shock results caused some upset across the parties.

Of 17 seats up for grabs – one from each ward – Labour took 10, losing three and gaining one, the Conservatives six and Liberal Democrats one.

As the UK awakes to survey the electoral battlefield the Labour stronghold of Tameside remains firmly held, but results reveal a persistent shadow of UKIP and independent candidates in 11 of its 19 wards.

Barack Obama’s robust support of Britain’s continued EU membership is a major coup Brexit campaigners cannot dismiss, according to a Manchester expert.

A prominent Manchester Labour MP has criticised Jeremy Corbyn after he pledged his support to Britain remaining in the European Union.

The tax storm that has shook the world of politics showed no signs of abating this week, as revelations emerged that Prime Minister Dave Cameron received a £200,000 gift from his mother to evade inheritance tax.

The Salford Green Party have accused the Liberal Democrats of betraying their members after the former opposition to Labour pulled all candidates from competing for the city’s 21 seats.

It is not in the best interests of terrorist organisations such as Islamic State (ISIS) to use nuclear weapons, according to a Manchester terrorism expert.

The Green Party’s key Manchester candidate Ben Godfrey has said that electing Green councillors would help Manchester City Council find the ‘creative’ responses that it needs to austerity problems.