The British Amsterdam? Devo-Manc ‘should be used to legalise drugs’
A pro-cannabis campaigner is renewing calls for the decriminalisation of the Class B drug in the wake of Manchester’s devolution deal with Westminster.
Manchester Green Party membership soars by 80% as MP hopeful proclaims ‘dawn of fringe parties’
A surge in Green Party supporters in Manchester shows people no longer have to think about ‘tactical voting’, says Withington Prospective Parliamentary Candidate.
Scotland debate shows Manchester needs greater powers to compete with European cities, claims Clegg
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has thrown his support behind a call for more local powers to be given to English cities, including Manchester.
‘Northern voice’ in national politics: Labour councillor pledges to help Manchester burst ‘Westminster bubble’
Manchester city centre councillor Kevin Peel wants the voices of Mancunians to burst the ‘Westminster Bubble’ – and backed Ed Miliband to become Prime Minister.
‘Stop the slaughter’: Oldham MPs and faith leaders deliver Gaza petition to No 10 urging Government action
An Oldham MP called for Government intervention to stop the ‘slaughter of innocent children’ in Gaza as she joined community leaders in Downing Street yesterday to hand in an 8,000-strong petition.
Spell it out! Ensure your family KNOWS you’re an organ donor for National Transplant Week, plead NHS
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) are hoping to encourage more people than ever before to sign the Organ Donor Register in time for National Transplant Week.
Late Rochdale MP Cyril Smith was member of paedophile ring INSIDE Westminster, explosive new book claims
New book by current Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk details the cover-up operation that protected Smith during his lifetime.
Manchester… home of British politics? Labour MP backs petition to bring Houses of Parliament to north
A petition aimed at bringing the seat of British politics to Manchester has been backed by local MP Graham Stringer
Britain has ‘long way to go’ until House of Commons is respresentative of society, claims Manchester Labour MP
MP Lucy Powell says still more needs to be done