Chancellor George Osborne yesterday revealed his vision for a ‘Northern powerhouse’ in his final budget ahead of May’s General Election.

Hospices like St Ann’s are in need of funding from the £6billion NHS budget devolved to the city, a Manchester MP has told Prime Minister David Cameron.

Almost two thirds of disabled people in the North West face greater barriers making and sustaining friendships compared to non-disabled people according to a report commissioned by a UK disability charity.

Chancellor George Osborne’s assertion that British economic recovery has reached a ‘major milestone’ is naïve, according to a Oldham MP.

MM takes a look at the various ways to celebrate International Women’s Day around Manchester.

The OpenPolitics Project, a non-partisan experiment, attempts to cleave open the system and re-engage a frustrated public in democracy.

Nina Simone once said that it was an artist’s responsibility to ‘reflect the times’. There’s no denying that George the Poet represents this models perfectly.

City centre based youth charity RECLAIM challenges 40 young people, aged 12-13 years old (Year 8), to create their own political parties to pitch to five councillors at Manchester Town Hall.

Manchester People’s History Museum host an Election! exhibition, which will grow and evolve around the 2015 campaign, and include collections featuring iconic objects from every general election from 1900-2010.

The Pirate Party UK are hosting a ‘free to all’ public conference in Salford in a bid to change the dynamic of Britain’s ‘closed shop’ politics.

Stewart Tempeste-Drain and Jordi Fiesto are the two main forces behind the newly-released Euro Disco Zone video – which features the satirical ‘Fear Party’ led by ‘Mick Mirage’.