Tameside, Shameside spat: Council accused of lying over allowance cuts
Shameside, an online campaign group, are accusing Tameside Labour of lying about reductions in the cost of councillors’ allowances.
Shameside, an online campaign group, are accusing Tameside Labour of lying about reductions in the cost of councillors’ allowances.
To celebrate LGBT History Month, MM talk to LGBT figures from across Greater Manchester about their experiences of coming out and what progress they think the city still has to make towards equality.
A campaign is underway to see a statue of Winston Churchill erected in Oldham by Councillor Howard Sykes who hopes the statue will celebrate his ‘very real connection’ with the town.
Karen Danczuk is to step down as councillor at the next election. The mum of two and husband to Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk has been councillor of the Kingsway ward since winning a majority of 1,458 in 2011.
A Manchester councillor says local activism will be Labour’s ‘secret weapon’ in the run-up to the general election as the party prepare to hold ‘four million conversations’.
A Manchester councillor revealed her pride at being a working class, single mum representing her community, as she stood on stage alongside the potential Prime Minister Ed Miliband at his defiant speech in Salford yesterday
A former Wigan Councillor has been imprisoned for eight months for making fraudulent childcare claims.
Rochdale councillor Karen Danczuk, dubbed ‘the sexiest woman in politics’, has made more than £1,000 selling signed selfies of herself on eBay.
A Stockport councillor has leapt to the defence of Labour MP Emily Thornberry, saying her forced resignation over an ‘ill-judged’ tweet was an ‘overreaction’.
Santa Claus is coming early to Manchester as the award-winning Christmas Markets open for their sixteenth year on November 14.
A quick-thinking councillor saved the life of an elderly man who collapsed in front of him, just weeks after undergoing first aid training.
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