Citizens Advice Bureaux (CABs) across the city have been rocked by the abolition of funding of debt advice to all except those in the most desperate situations. With this latest blow to the city’s advice sector the chief executive of Manchester CAB is predicting ‘misery’ for individuals in vulnerable situations who rely on such services.
Aaron Porter’s position as President of the National Union of Students (NUS) looked increasingly untenable today after he was accosted and chased by hundreds of students from the University of Manchester campus to the Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), where he took refuge behind a police cordon.
A national demonstration against the cuts in Further and Higher Education, youth unemployment and the scrapping of the Education Maintenance Allowance will take place this Saturday 29th January 2011 in Manchester. The National Union of Students (NUS) and University and Colleges Union (UCU) have called for a protest march from the University of Manchester to […]
A charity which provides free mental health services and support is facing the prospect of losing 86 per cent of its funding for the next financial year. The board of directors at The Roby are being forced to consider closing unfunded services and manage the impact that budget reduction will have on staffing. In response […]
Students in sixth-form and further education (FE) colleges around the country are to stage a walk-out this Wednesday 26 January as part of the ongoing struggle to save Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) and resist cuts to education.
The council has reiterated its commitment to its long-standing ‘no compulsory redundancies’ policy as it looks to make savings of £110m following the government’s slashing of its funding. Instead offers for voluntary redundancies and early retirement are on the table.
Representatives from trade unions and community organisations from across the region are gathering later this month for a conference aiming to link up different struggles against cuts in Greater Manchester.
