Ashton’s working class history explored by Red Flag Walks
Chartist uprisings, bread riots and the life and times of the anti-war suffragette and socialist Hannah Mitchell will be explored this bank holiday in another of local historian Michael Herbert’s renowned Red Flag Walks.
Lawyers march against cuts and “Eddie Stobart” legal aid contracts
On Tuesday 21 May, a protest against the legal aid cuts took place outside of the Manchester Crown Court. Over 300 Lawyers and barristers protested their anger at what they saw as an attack on the legal system, marching down to the Place Hotel where Justice Secretary Chris Grayling and others were holding a conference.
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”.
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.
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.
In Salford and seeking sanctuary
What issues do the growing numbers of refugees and asylum seekers face in North Manchester and Salford, and are they being supported? Kathrin Ohlmann reports.
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.
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