Rumours of plans to turn Oxford Road’s Kro 2 restaurant into a Tesco have been confirmed with the publishing of a licensing application on Manchester City Council’s website.
Dozens held a solidarity demonstration outside the disused Kro 2 restaurant earlier today following the arrest of six activists who occupied the site in protest against anti-squatting laws and what protestors call “the corporate takeover” of central Manchester.
Research published this week by homeless charity Shelter suggests Manchester is suffering from the highest rate of repossessions in England outside of London, at a level nearly double the national average.
Unemployment in Greater Manchester has risen by 13.5 per cent in the last year while the number of young people claiming Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) climbed to unprecedented levels seen during the recession, according to the latest figures from the Commission for the New Economy.
Workers across Greater Manchester have had a real term wage cut of 5.5 per cent, worse than the UK average of 4.5 per cent, as wage increases have failed to keep pace with inflation.
Health workers, trade unionists and refugees staged a demonstration yesterday against the invitation of a member of the Bahraini royal family to a business event organised by Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and the government export body UK Trade and Industry.
Mancunians who are more reluctant to welcome the Tories to the city centre than the council may well be interested in what they’ve been getting up to since they swarmed out of Piccadilly on Sunday. From the looks of it, they’re hardly likely to have endeared themselves to anyone.
