A Freedom of Information (FOI) request obtained by Mancunian Matters from GMP revealed that in 2012/13 there were 9,921 charges given to young people whereas last year it had been reduced to 6,776.

Almost a thousand people in Greater Manchester have been sitting on police bail for more than six months, MM has learned.

No action is taken in two thirds of discrimination complaints made by the public against Greater Manchester Police, MM has learned.

Despite their vigorous calls to limit public access to their records due to the cost, Manchester City Council can’t even get their facts straight on how much they spend on Freedom of Information requests each year.

The number of reported sexual offences in schools in Greater Manchester has risen by 54%, according to an FOI released by the GMP.

GMP officers are facing an increasing amount of assaults, with new data revealing that the situation has reached a five-year high.

In the wake of the announcement of £59million cuts to the city’s budget this year, MM submitted a Freedom of Information request to the council to discover their other sources of income.

Manchester Central Labour MP Lucy Powell has expressed concern at the number of employees from financial service companies being given ‘privileged access’ to the inner-workings of the Financial Conduct Authority.

The FSB issued results of an FOI request under embargoe last week claiming that out of the ten local authorities that make up Greater Manchester, Bolton scored the highest for complaints about potholes with 13,915 moans made in 2013/14.

For many Christmas is a time to have fun, share a few jokes and act a bit silly. However some people have taken this silliness further than most, even as far as governmental departments, by writing funny festive Freedom of Information requests.

More than 320 people were summonsed to court every single day last year as Manchester City Council hunted down nearly £12million in unpaid council tax, MM can reveal.