NHS campaigners slam profits from PFI tax haven sell-off
The multi-million pound sell-off of a PFI stake in the troubled Tameside Hospital has been condemned by campaigners fighting NHS privatisation.
Unionists criticise police account of blacklist hit and run horror
Greater Manchester Police’s description of the events leading up to a 64-year old trade unionist receiving serious injuries from a hit and run incident at an anti-blacklisting protest has been branded “disgraceful”.
Day care centres under closure threat
Yet more adult social care cuts are on the way, with Manchester City Council refusing to rule out potential day care centre closures for people with learning and physical disabilities.
“You really don’t expect this from a charity”: Turning Point health workers strike
Striking public health workers attempting to stop an NHS contractor slashing their pay and conditions have taken their fight to Manchester.
Poets raise funds for firebombed bookshop
London’s oldest radical bookshop was damaged last February in a horrific suspected arson attack. Poets, authors and actors have responded with Poems for Freedom, a fundraising anthology containing contributions from artists around the world.
“Celebrate Collyhurst” offers community grants
Small grants of up to £500 are available for people in Collyhurst to take on projects in the area, as part of the first phase of a £1 million scheme for the area over the next ten years.
Situation critical at Ancoats Dispensary
A fightback to save the derelict but much-loved Ancoats Dispensary has won a “thirteenth hour” stay of execution after councillors delayed its demolition.
Supersize prison profits
“Supersize” Titan prisons are back on the agenda despite being scrapped four years ago due to widespread opposition.
Bedroom Tax: A personal account from Manchester
This April the Department for Work and Pensions will be implementing the controversial ‘bedroom tax’, as part of the government’s welfare reforms. The ‘tax’ will affect 12,300 social housing tenants in Manchester alone, who will be hit by 14 per cent to 25 per cent a week penalties for having spare rooms. On Saturday 16 March, those against the new legislation plan to march in protest.
In the way of bulldozers
A fight to save the derelict Ancoats Dispensary is bringing together a fractured community.
Patient safety fears as council slashes health watchdog funding
Concerns are mounting over patient safety following severe cuts to Manchester’s independent health watchdog.
The first cupcake shop on Stockport Road
In the first of our series on how migrants have shaped Manchester, Kathrin Ohlmann reports on the changing face of Levenshulme high street.
-
Culture
