From June the government’s new back-to-work scheme for the unemployed, run by multinational companies and farmed out to hard-pressed charities, will swing into action. MULE takes a look at what’s in store…
Regeneration company New East Manchester Ltd is about to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manchester City Council. But despite its chair and chief executive remaining publicly upbeat, the future of East Manchester’s flagship redevelopment looks far from certain. Andy Lockhart explains.
A campaign is underway to stop Manchester City Council from pulling the plug on free advice services that help tens of thousands of people each year. Last week a former head of the service gave a damning assessment of the Council’s proposal, while campaigners believe that lead officers and senior councillors are targeting Manchester Advice [...]
A government body spent tens of thousands of pounds on barristers’ fees and used five members of staff to win a battle over funding against a local not-for-profit organisation which provides free access to legal services, MULE can reveal.
With Manchester Advice to close and the government looking to scrap most legal aid funding in social welfare law, the ability to access detailed professional advice on a range of issues could soon be a thing of the past.
Aaron Porter has admitted that he did not hear anti-Semitic chanting at the protest against him prior to the January 29 “A Future that Works” march in Manchester, MULE can reveal. An investigation also discovered that an NUS official, believed to be an aide to Porter, was one of the two sources for the Daily [...]
The Chief of Greater Manchester Police has weighed into the propaganda war against the student protests – and he has the local media in tow.
