Campaigners and charities came together to sleep out on the street last week in protest against the enforced destitution of refused asylum seekers.
High suicide rates at Strangeways prison have sparked calls for an “urgent review” from Inquest, the charity which investigates deaths in custody.
A march in recognition of International Women’s Day will be held this Sunday. Organisers say they have called the demonstration in protest against what they see as the disproportionate impact of government cuts on women.
PCS union leader Mark Serwotka is to be the main speaker at this Wednesday’s launch of Greater Manchester Unite the Resistance, a national campaign to strengthen strike action and opposition to austerity.
Greater Manchester’s heritage is to be celebrated with today’s launch of the second Manchester Histories Festival. A host of events are planned, with a packed programme of performances, lectures, walks, discussions and more over the next ten days.
Manchester’s council tenants face an inflation-busting 6.48 per cent rent hike from April, according to plans signed off by Town Hall chiefs last week. Social tenants across the country face even steeper rises, as the government slashes welfare and pushes through housing reforms.
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.
