‘Manchester deserves better’: Mancunians name triumphs and disasters of city planning
The best and worst made decisions of our city planners have been named at the first ever Manchester Shield Awards.
‘Join the liberty bird resurgence’: Ex-MP urges disillusioned pro-EU Mancs to sign up to Lib Dems
Mr Leech, who now represents Didsbury West as a councillor on Manchester City Council, is raising a Liberal Democrat big tent in the hopes of uniting all pro-European Mancunians to mobilise for a general election challenge to Brexit.
Mancunian Way to re-open completely after nearly 10 months of traffic hell
Car commuters will be breathing a sigh of relief after Manchester City Council announced the Mancunian Way will fully re-open on June 15.
‘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.
‘We’re really excited’: Big buzz for Manchester’s new Health and Wellbeing Service
Manchester’s new Health and Wellbeing Service ‘buzz’ has been launched, following the redesign of the sectors across the city.
‘Too little, too late’: Council’s failure of homeless people branded ‘horrendous’ by Manchester activist
The closure of two temporary shelters has re-emphasized the vulnerability of Manchester’s homeless and sparked criticism of Manchester City Council’s services.
‘This is not North Korea’: Tim Farron says Manchester Lib Dems must provide ‘serious’ alternative to Labour Party
Tim Farron has said that ‘it stinks’ that Manchester is ruled by the Labour Party, and likened the ‘one-party state’ to North Korea.
Community spirit at threat in Manchester as ‘business is king’ with austerity measures
In light of the Budget’s hit to Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) for disabled people, are welfare cuts and the Northern Powerhouse diminishing Manchester’s inherent community spirit?
‘What’s the matter with these people?’: Community vents anger after Wythenshawe Hall gutted by arson attack
The arson attack that tore through Wythenshawe Hall on Tuesday morning has been labelled as typical of the disconnect in society by a descendant of the family who once lived there.
‘It’s a stitch-up!’: Manchester petition aiming to end trade deal ‘corporate takeover’
A Manchester activist has warned that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will mean the ‘knackering [of] democracy’, as Global Justice leads a campaign in the city against it.
‘Art with a heart’: Spray-paint pensioners use graffiti to highlight Manchester’s pavement hazards
A gang of grey graffiti artists took to the streets of Levenshulme this week in a movement to highlight potential pavement hazards and make the area more age-friendly.