Over one fifth of households in Manchester live in fuel poverty. Two winters ago, 120 people in the city died of the cold. But a new public scheme hopes to help residents shave off up to £250 from their bills each year through a mass energy switch which closes next Monday, 28 January.
Town hall officials have warned Manchester City Council that applications to its voluntary severance scheme are falling short of the number needed to make savings without considering compulsory redundancies.
Slade Hall in Levenshulme will open for a free one-day feminist festival this Saturday, with all welcome to attend.
Cuts have left Manchester City Council struggling to plug a £5.8 million overspend in its Adults Services budget as needs rise across the city.
Pitiful turnout cast doubt on the legitimacy of police and crime commissioners on a night where new candidate Lucy Powell easily held the Manchester Central by election for Labour in place of the outgoing Tony Lloyd.
A series of interactive lectures by the Mbari Group, a new local collective of activists and artists, and Sustained Theatre Up North, a membership organisation promoting black, Asian, and minority ethnic artists, starts tomorrow at the Zion Arts Centre in Hulme. Mule caught up with Mbari Group member Hafsah Naib to learn all about it.
Environmentalists fighting a two year battle to protect Chat Moss have hailed a victory against “unnecessary vandalism” as government minister Eric Pickles upholds peat extraction ban in the vulnerable wetlands.
