Nearly two thirds of construction companies laid staff off in the first two weeks of the UK-wide lockdown – the highest of any industry.

The Home Secretary Priti Patel has announced that foreign nationals trapped in the UK by the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to extend their visas to May 31.

With the schools shut and population on lockdown, parents and kids are trying to find a way to keep entertained without scrolling through their phone or watching the TV.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the government Spring Budget today, announcing over £600b of spending and pledging to give the NHS “what it needs” as COVID-19 spreads across the UK.

The Brexit negotiations have been in the news a lot lately.

George Osborne is seeking to revive his political career by keeping the Northern Powerhouse dream alive.

Leading Greater Manchester youth service Early Break is urging caution over new calls to decriminalise drug use in the UK.

Tim Farron has said that ‘it stinks’ that Manchester is ruled by the Labour Party, and likened the ‘one-party state’ to North Korea.

A prominent philosopher and retired clinical neuroscientist has spoken in defence of a publicly-owned NHS, stating that we are becoming an ‘undeveloping country’ under our current Conservative Government.

Manchester activists branded the government’s decision to scrap the NHS bursaries ‘the most disgusting attack’ on students ever at yesterday’s protest.

Manchester campaigners took to the streets to march against cuts to NHS Bursaries, which could leave healthcare students with as much as £60,000 of debt.