Look after yourself because the state won’t, says Manchester MP as Osborne plans to raise pension age to 70
Plan was revealed as part of Autumn Statement
Labour’s Ed Miliband pledges end of ‘rip off’ prices from energy suppliers in Manchester Green Paper launch
He is expected to make the speech at his Green Party launch
Manchester’s most vulnerable living without food and heating as city hardest hit in North West by bedroom tax
New figures show 11,360 affected by the tax
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