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.
Core services in Manchester’s 39 Sure Start centres are to be preserved following a year-long battle by campaigners. Council-run daycare is still to be scrapped however – despite councillors raising serious concerns.
Following two weekends of harassment from police and council officials, campaigners from a range of different political groups in Manchester on Saturday successfully held a mass street stall protest along Market Street against what they claim is a clampdown on free speech in the city centre.
Manchester City Council is to raise heating bills for up to 2,000 of its council tenants by 18 per cent this winter. Increased for the second time this year, the increase comes as energy suppliers hike their charges to the council by £278,000, twice the amount anticipated.
Sure Start’s future as a council run service is in question following proposals by town hall chiefs to close all of their nurseries and daycare provision in Manchester. The move will mean the loss of hundreds more jobs amid a dramatic shakeup of Manchester City Council’s early years service for children aged 0 – 5, […]
Workers, students, community campaigners, the unemployed and pensioners will take to the streets of Manchester this Saturday to protest against cuts to services that the council is set to decide on next week.
Manchester City Council announced its first two successful prosecutions of unlicensed landlords today, following three years of a scheme to regulate private housing which had failed to impose any sanctions since its launch.
