Suicide rates and prescriptions of anti-depressants in Manchester have risen since the onset of recession according to a new report presented to councillors responsible for monitoring health issues.
Asylum-seeking playwright Lydia Besong and her husband Bernard Batey have returned to Manchester following a dramatic eleventh-hour battle against deportation.
Fuel Poverty Action are planning a weekend of action in the last weekend of January to highlight growing concern around fuel poverty in the UK, and is being supported locally by Manchester Climate Action and nationally by the Coalition of Resistance.
At least £1 billion in public spending was cut from the “city region” of Greater Manchester and Warrington over the last year, according to University of Manchester researchers. The study, carried out for Radio 4, anticipates a total of £10 billion to be slashed from the area over the next four years as part of the government’s austerity drive.
Cameroonian playwright Lydia Besong and her husband Bernard Batey were unexpectedly detained earlier this week. Both have been issued with removal orders and now face the immanent prospect of deportation on Saturday 21 January.
Campaigners in support of disabled asylum seeker Manjeet Kaur’s fight to remain in the UK will hold a solidarity vigil outside Manchester Civil Justice Centre this Monday.
Research published this week by homeless charity Shelter suggests Manchester is suffering from the highest rate of repossessions in England outside of London, at a level nearly double the national average.
