John Leech has backed the House of Commons vote in favour of air strikes against Isis targets – even though he and the Liberal Democrats stood against the 2003 Iraq war.

UKIP Leader Nigel Farage visited Manchester yesterday to officially open the party’s by-election shop in Heywood.

The mock referendum, which involved 1,500 pupils aged seven to 18 and 300 teachers, saw the school transformed into a polling station between 8am and 5pm

After months of campaigning that pitted Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond against politicians from Westminster, the country will vote whether they are opting to leave the UK

Scotland undertakes its biggest ever decision in history today – whether or not to leave the United Kingdom and become an independent country.

An Oldham MP has accused Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Alex Salmond of being ‘disingenuous’ about an independent Scotland’s impact on the NHS.

Labour and Ukip are the main contenders in the fight for post of Heywood and Middleton MP following death of Jim Dobbin

Plans to install a statue of an iconic female figure in Manchester city centre have been passed as a Didsbury councillor pledged to get on his bike to raise £50,000 to build it.

Google have honoured iconic Manchester-born Suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst in their doodle in celebration of her birthday.

The Conservatives now have a majority of 34 seats, eight more than Labour.

Happy Mondays star Bez explained that fracking is the biggest challenge that the country has faced since the Second World War.