Train and bus company Arriva is to take over part of Manchester’s ambulance service in an attempt to cut NHS costs across the region.
Outraged students have come out in protest against the University of Manchester’s plans to scrap its Applied Community and Youth Work Studies programme as part of an upcoming merger between two departments.
Atos, the multi-billion IT firm which has attracted criticism for computer failures and its controversial participation in the government’s “fit for work” disability tests, has won a seven year contract to implement Manchester’s planned ‘Oyster Card’ public transport scheme.
Cuts to mental health services, including axing 38 front line posts as part of a bid to save £28m over the next five years, have been approved by Manchester’s Mental Health and Social Care Trust, despite warnings from patients and trade unions.
Multi-billion pound auditing firm KPMG has praised Manchester for being the most tax-attractive city in Europe thanks to its low wages and cheap property values.
Manchester City Council is backing legal action over this summer’s GCSE grades scandal that may have caused hundreds of the city’s young people to miss out on getting required grades.
The family of a man shot dead by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have renewed calls for justice after companions present with him at the time of the killing were cleared of planning an armed robbery.
