Keep the flag flying high? MM reveal what St George’s cross means to Manchester
MM took to the streets of Manchester to find out what Mancunians thought the St George flag symbolised.
Ukip runner says Stockport’s ‘fear of Manchester’ is like apartheid-era South Africa
Steven Woolfe, the migration and financial affairs spokesman for Nigel Farage’s party, said that current leaders were scared of change in the region and needed to rethink their relationship with Manchester.
Labour’s Emily Thornberry resignation over ‘snobby’ tweet was big ‘overreaction’
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’.
‘We fight to win and we will win’: Trafford Labour group announce new leader to replace 17-year veteran
Andrew Western, who previously held the deputy leader role and currently serves as Labour Councillor for Trafford’s Priory Ward, was voted in at last night’s selection meeting.
Last-minute op cancellation spike in Manchester ‘proof we can’t trust Tories with NHS’
A Labour MP has blasted the government after figures revealed there has been a 45% increase in the amount of Manchester patients having operations cancelled at the last minute.
‘Vested interests’ behind onslaught against Miliband, claims Leigh MP Burnham
Ed Miliband is the victim of smear campaign to stop him becoming Prime Minister because he has been brave enough to take on ‘vested interests’, according to Leigh’s MP.
Rise in inequality: G’ment ‘betrayed a generation’ over tuition fees, says Sale MP
Wythenshawe and Sale West’s Labour MP Mike Kane is pointing the finger at government for the increased inequality between the rich and the poor in the North West
Ukip MEP for North West brands Manchester devolution plans a ‘disaster’
A leading Ukip politician has slammed plans announced earlier this week to give extra powers to Greater Manchester.
Sex education = more teen pregnancies? Manchester MP slams Philip Davies’ claims
Labour MP Lucy Powell has slammed Philip Davies for comments he made to Parliament that suggested sex education was leading to more teenage pregnancies.
The price of war: 68% of Manchester say Britain was wrong to invade Afghanistan
The British flag was lowered and Camp Bastion was handed over to Afghan troops as all British soldiers left the camp
Stockport Labour compared to North Korean dictatorship after ‘bullying’ storm sees two cllrs quit
A former Labour councillor has branded the Stockport branch of the party ‘like a North Korean dictatorship’ amid claims of a culture of bullying.