The start of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester this weekend will be marked by large-scale demonstrations against the coalition government’s programme of public spending cuts.
Thousands marched through the streets of Manchester today in support of public sector strikes called against proposed pension reforms and in opposition to the government’s austerity drive. Trade unionists in the city took part in industrial action involving hundreds of thousands of workers nationwide.
Arwa Aburawa and Marc Hudson of Manchester Climate Fortnightly comment on the lack of progress in the steady-state economy report for Manchester.
The People’s History Museum has not been selected to feature on the shortlist for the £100,000 Art Fund Prize, despite having come first in a popular vote of the longlisted candidates. The decision was announced by the Prize’s Chair of Judges, former Tory Defence Minister Michael Portillo, on an episode of Radio 4’s Front Row […]
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.
Lib Dem and Labour councillors flung accusations at one another last week following news that the Collyhurst social housing project – which would have reconstructed and refurbished a total of 1,300 homes in one of the most deprived parts of the country – is to be scrapped by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
The ten local authorities making up Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) have been given new law-making powers forming Britain’s first ‘Super Council’, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).
