More than one in four children are living in poverty in Greater Manchester according to shocking figures produced by university experts.

Funeral costs have nearly doubled in the last decade – yet a bill to seize control of prices and ensure ‘simple funerals’ is being heard in Parliament today in a bid to tackle to spiraling crisis.

Manchester charity Wood Street Mission is launching their 2014 Christmas appeal with the message ‘Christmas should be about more than survival’ in a bid to help more than 4,000 children and their families this festive season

Manchester City Council revealed details this morning of options available to address a funding shortfall of £59million citywide.

‘Revenge evictions’ are on the rise across the North West as Britain’s housing shortage remains rife, an investigational study by Shelter has shown

While Manchester’s city centre appears to be undergoing constant regeneration, in areas walking distance from the city centre, such as Moss Side and Hulme, nearly half of children live in poverty

A stunning online campaign has raised more than £1500 for a down-on-his-luck Stockport resident – after a stranger saw his plight on Panorama.

People forced into turning to food banks to stave off starvation are often ‘embarrassed’ and deeply concerned about the social ‘stigma’ they face, experts from Manchester University have revealed.

One in five baby boys born in the Manchester City district will not reach retirement age, claims figures from the Office of National Statistics.

The charity’s findings also showed that 3.8million working families from across the UK could not pay their rent or mortgage from their savings for more than a month if they lost their job

The Police and Crime Commissioner was speaking at Backstage? Me? at the Royal Exchange Theatre, which focused on homelessness and the remarkable influence of the theatre