Bring in standard packaging for cigarettes NOW, demands Manchester MP after government delay
British Heart foundation research found 36% of teens deterred by plain packs
Solving parents’ cost of living crisis? Manchester MP pledges free childcare if Labour wins next election
Childcare costs an average of £103.96 per week
Behind THAT Miliband moment: Manchester photographer on a decade capturing the weird and wonderful
Jon Parker Lee famously captured the Miliband brothers in an historic embrace
Zero-working hour contracts are ‘exploitative’ and create uncertainty, Manchester MP Kate Green claims
The Labour MP has demanded an end to the contracts
Piccadilly Pulse: Who bears prime responsibility for our ‘lonely’ elderly – the state or the family?
More than 800,000 people in England – most of them elderly – are chronically lonely
Bolton MP backs proposed energy bill freeze as constituents face ‘serious living cost crisis’
The proposals come from Labour leader Ed Milliband
Anti-cuts protesters question effectiveness of Manchester Conservative Party Conference rally
Protest took place as Conservative Party Conference started
‘We’ll march until this cruel charge is abolished’: Manchester Council’s bedroom tax threats slammed
Mark Krantz accused council of ‘allowing’ families be threatened with eviction
David Cameron’s threats of military action on Syria broke international law, claim Manchester professors
Manchester professors believe the PM’s rhetoric was too strong
Anti-fascist organisations mobilise as ‘Holocaust denier’ David Irving set to give talk at secret Manchester location
EXCLUSIVE: David Irving is talking in Manchester
Curry Mile shame: One in ten restaurants on Rusholme strip ‘need major improvement’ to hygiene
Seven restaurants had Food Hygiene Rating of one