People of all ages, colours and creeds gathered in Piccadilly Gardens on Saturday afternoon as part of a nationwide protest against the government’s handling of the refugee crisis.

The Syrian Community of Manchester have welcomed the UK government’s plans to receive ‘thousands more’ refugees but believe that a humanitarian response should have happened ‘a long time ago’.

The UK government are ‘too frightened’ for an honest discussion about the migrant crisis, claims a protest leader ahead of a rally against ‘David Cameron’s scapegoating of refugees and asylum seekers’ on Friday.

The White Pride group has previously held a rally in Manchester in March and last week were due to take part in a demonstration in Liverpool, only to be met with fierce opposition at the city’s Lime Street Station.

The campaigners, led by members of the non-party campaign group 38 Degrees Manchester, are meeting to talk to passers by, share information, and collect support for an petition against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Patients and campaigners are rallying together as the announcement comes that many of Greater Manchester’s hospitals are set to be downgraded after Healthier Together’s review of healthcare.

The TUC will stage a national demonstration in Manchester this autumn against the government’s austerity agenda and attacks on trade unions.

Pro-Palestine groups joined forces today to protest the security firm G4S.
They claim the company are complicit in human rights abuses and unlawful activities.

An anti-austerity march will take place this weekend in Piccadilly Gardens as protestors campaign against governmental cuts to services impacting vulnerable people.

A war of words began between homeless campaigners and Manchester City Council today when protesters camped on St Peter’s Square were served an eviction notice.

As many as 700 staff at Salford University are expected to join in unity today in protest at the unfair dismissal of two colleagues back in December.