In two constituencies in the North West Lord Mandelson (who, lest we forget, does not himself have to run for election this year) has interfered with the selection process, essentially ensuring the election of a new generation of allies needed for the post-election bloodshed of a leadership election in a party that may well come […]
Central government has capped the amount of council tax revenue Greater Manchester Police Authority will receive over the next three years.
Prison teaching staff at Manchester College have been threatened with redundancies just months into their new contracts. The threats come less than a year after the College made a successful bid to become the largest provider of prison education in the country, teaching in 60 per cent of penal institutions.
The leader of Manchester City Council, Sir Richard Leese, stepped down today after it emerged he had been cautioned for assault on his 16-year-old stepdaughter. The City Council and Manchester Labour, however, insist the incident is just a “private matter” and say his resignation is only temporary.
An officer from Greater Manchester Police is currently under investigation for using a taser on a man suffering from an epileptic fit.
Two police officers of Greater Manchester have been jailed for 18 months for inflicting “deliberate cruelty” on a 19-year-old woman while in custody. The judge told the court that her treatment was “little short of torture”.
Taxpayers are to foot the bill for 250,000 British National Party leaflets to be distributed throughout the North West over the coming weeks.
