Election 2016 – Tameside roundup: Red sea as Labour mop the floor with opposition
Labour were ousted from just one seat in an otherwise expected red wash at Tameside local election overnight.
Election 2016 – Bolton roundup: Labour survive UKIP scare, ‘change’ imminent say challengers
Labour shook off a strong challenge from UKIP to retain slightly diminished control of Bolton council in the local elections.
Labour’s Oldham win ‘says nothing about Jeremy Corbyn’ says leading politics academic
Labour’s victory in the Oldham West and Royton by-election is down to a strong local candidate and ‘says nothing about Jeremy Corbyn’, according to a leading academic.
‘Utter hypocrisy’: Labour put ‘baffling’ PC over British culture says North West MEP
Labour are ‘hypocrites’ for putting ‘political correctness ahead of equality and British culture’, claims a UKIP MEP after men and women sat in separate rows during an event in Oldham.
‘They don’t understand working people’: UKIP MEP slams Westminster bubble’s Powerhouse pipe dream
The deputy leader of UKIP has blasted the notion of a ‘Northern Powerhouse’, stating that the policy only reinforces perceptions of a Westminster bubble.
‘Where my heart is’: Oldham leader among candidates to replace late Michael Meacher
The leader of Oldham Council is among a number of Labour Party figures to put themselves forward to be candidate in the up-coming Oldham West and Royton by-election.
Racist comments ‘from heart’ of government spur on white supremacist groups, says Manchester Green candidate
The racist, scapegoating comments coming from ‘the heart’ of government feed the ideology of white supremacist groups in Britain, says a Manchester Green Party candidate.
‘Denying access to justice’: Oldham Council hit back at plans to close courts
Oldham Council has united in firmly opposing proposals to close Oldham Magistrates Court and Oldham County Court.
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.
Salford stays red: Labour rejoice as Tories fail to make any gains in local elections
Labour held their heads high as they kept all 17 seats with ease after quite a predictable afternoon following a disappointing national result.
Stretford Ukip candidate says party can ‘hold its head high’ and gain further support
Stretford and Urmston Ukip candidate Kalvin Chapman believes the party can ‘hold its head high’ and gain more support in the future, despite not winning as many seats as anticipated.