Earlier this month the government dispatched cabinet office member Neil Smith to Manchester for a panel discussion about David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’. Over 100 representatives of charities, social enterprises and public bodies from across the North West and beyond gathered to hear the civil servant do his level best to explain what’s in store…
How much does the Council spend on PR? To hazard a guess, it’s more than they spend on ‘Democratic Services’, judging by the astonishing inefficiency that particular department demonstrates when dealing with Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. On 13 January MULE tried to find out how much, via this avenue. The ‘information’ came back on […]
On Saturday Manchester Anti-Deportation (MAD) Coalition had a vibrant launch as they held their first public meeting. On the agenda was how to build a practical network capable of preventing deportations as well as launching broader campaigns in the fight for migration justice.
This afternoon (Monday 13 September) there is to be a vigil to defend Child M and family from immediate removal. Child M and his family have been served with an order that will see them forcibly returned to Iran. There they face persecution as they are accused of circulating the Salman Rushdie book ‘The Satanic […]
On 18 September Manchester sees the start of its first ever peace festival. Sarah Irving takes a look at some of the events that will be taking place.
Trade Unionists from Greater Manchester are calling on the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to demand a national demonstration against ConDem public sector spending cuts.
In August of this summer, the Camp for Climate Action set up on the front lawn of RBS headquarters in Scotland. Manchester Climate Action’s Tom Barlow reports back from the field.
