Local Liberal Democrats are demanding that secret information on how bus companies are performing should be made accessible to the public by Transport for Greater Manchester.

Just half a mile out of town is Altrincham Retail Park – yet another boring concrete metropolis with shops no different from anywhere else in the country. But there’s a twist: it’s the Queen’s.

Two tax-dodging Manchester councillors were slapped with severe legal threats demanding they pay back the £2,500 they owed last year.

Salford Council have been slammed for ‘blowing up taxpayers’ money’ by spending more than £45,000 on fireworks, MM can exclusively reveal.

Mohammed Aslam, from Rochdale, wrongly claimed more than £20,000

Trips for town-twinning in Germany and France racks up costs

The Manchester ride only brought in 5,000 a week

BBC Trustee Anthony Fry admitted costs ‘raised eyebrows’