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.
Anti cuts campaigners are to lobby councillors tomorrow ahead of a meeting which is expected to see the second year of a £170 million two-year cuts package passed by Manchester City Council.
Local residents are being invited to take part in open debates on the causes of last summer’s riots in Manchester and Salford.
Three people were arrested following a protest against workfare in Manchester city centre yesterday.
Campaigners and charities came together to sleep out on the street last week in protest against the enforced destitution of refused asylum seekers.
High suicide rates at Strangeways prison have sparked calls for an “urgent review” from Inquest, the charity which investigates deaths in custody.
A march in recognition of International Women’s Day will be held this Sunday. Organisers say they have called the demonstration in protest against what they see as the disproportionate impact of government cuts on women.
