Supporters of human trafficking survivor Mary Adenugba will tonight launch a campaign against the decision of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to refuse her asylum claim.
Plans to criminalise squatting through the government’s Legal Aid Bill could cost up to £790 million, according to new research commissioned by the campaign group Squatters’ Action for Secure Homes (SQUASH).
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.
Plans for fan-owned football club FC United’s new stadium moved one step closer today after supporters achieved their £1.6 million “community shares” funding target.
University of Manchester students are to walk out over postgraduate fee hikes today as part of a “week of action” called for by the National Union of Students.
An evening of film and discussion will take place tonight to commemorate the life of Irish-Mancunian Spanish Civil War fighter George Brown.
Campaigners in Manchester joined together this morning to create a public washing line of messages to raise awareness of the unpaid and undervalued work carried out by women every day.
