Playwright Lydia Besong and her husband Bernard Batey have won their right to asylum after a six-year struggle to be recognised as refugees.
Salford’s Horizon Primary Care Centre, a provider of specialist healthcare for asylum seekers in the city since 2004, could face closure in an attempt to cut NHS costs.
Manchester narrowly voted against having a directly elected mayor last night as the Liberal Democrats were reduced to a rump of just nine out of the city’s 96 councillors.
Members of a Moston residents’ group are threatening to take Manchester City Council to court over the decision to allow FC United to build their new stadium on playing fields near their homes.
South Manchester Law Centre has won its right to a judicial review of Manchester City Council’s decision to end funding for specialist immigration advice described by the judge as “unique”.
A nationally renowned law centre that has provided free and impartial legal advice to Manchester residents since the 70s is applying to take Manchester City Council to court over funding cuts.
Parents and campaigners opposed to the conversion of Chorlton High School into an academy are to lobby the school’s board of governors next Tuesday at a key meeting to decide whether or not to proceed with the application.
