Manchester City Council has given back to the government a “substantial” amount of funding intended for people falling behind on housing costs after thousands of pounds went unspent in the last two years.
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.
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.
A fightback to save the derelict but much-loved Ancoats Dispensary has won a “thirteenth hour” stay of execution after councillors delayed its demolition.
Manchester and Salford campaigners marched once more against the bedroom tax as demonstrators heard of growing anger at the government’s attack on welfare.
A new public library appeared for the afternoon on the lawns of Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens.
Up to 500 people rallied in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens this Saturday to protest the introduction of the government’s hated “bedroom tax”.
