Election 2016 – Wigan roundup: Labour fail to sweep board but keep grip on council chamber
Labour failed to sweep the board like many predicted but red half of Wigan can still be pleased.
Green Party accuse Lib Dems of ‘betraying’ own members over Salford election pull-out
The Salford Green Party have accused the Liberal Democrats of betraying their members after the former opposition to Labour pulled all candidates from competing for the city’s 21 seats.
‘Democracy needs scrutiny’: Meet the ‘Green Party broom’ leader Bennett is sending to sweep out ‘dusty’ City Hall
The Green Party’s key Manchester candidate Ben Godfrey has said that electing Green councillors would help Manchester City Council find the ‘creative’ responses that it needs to austerity problems.
‘Clearly racist’ Britain First could see surge in support after ‘shameful’ Paris attacks, says Hulme Green candidate
Britain First will see a surge in their support after the ‘callous and shameful’ Paris attacks, warns a Manchester Green Party candidate.
Homeless Film Festival director says controversial Manchester Met visit is about raising awareness not politics
Festival director Dean Brocklehurst says criticism as ‘unfair’ and denying students the chance to discuss homelessness is the wrong course of action.
‘Wrong ally’: Greens urge homeless film fest to boycott MMU over The Ark evictions
A local Green candidate has urged the Homeless Film Festival to do the ‘right thing’ and cut its ties with the university.
Racist comments ‘from heart’ of government spur on white supremacist groups, says Manchester Green candidate
The racist, scapegoating comments coming from ‘the heart’ of government feed the ideology of white supremacist groups in Britain, says a Manchester Green Party candidate.
At last, some good news for Labour! Manchester council count provides perfect tonic for national failure
Split across two venues votes were counted for 22 out of 32 electoral wards at the Velodrome, granting a welcomed success for Labour.
Gorton Green Party candidate hails ‘positive but tough’ campaign
Gorton’s Green Party candidate Laura Bannister has spoken of a ‘positive but tough’ campaign.
‘We need deaf MPs’: Oldham Green candidate hopes more will be inspired by his decision to stand
Speaking about the campaign experience and how today’s panned out for him, Mr Hart said it had been ‘a really big experience, really important’.
Altrincham Green candidate laments first past the post voting system
Altrincham and Sale West’s Green candidate Nick Robertson-Brown has pushed for the idea of getting rid of the first past the post voting system.