Politics
15th February 2023 | By Callum Scott
Nicola Sturgeon to stand down as Scottish First MinisterNicola Sturgeon has announced she will stand down as First Minister of Scotland after eight years. In a shock announcement, the SNP leader told a...
3rd February 2023 | By Callum Scott
Labour voters cautious ahead of disastrous Sunak pollsAs the leadership of Rishi Sunak reaches past the 100-day mark, polls are emerging day after day that would suggest Labour are in its strongest...
1st February 2023 | By Callum Scott
Labour score open goals as controversy over Brianna Ghey comments rebounds on Sunak – PMQs unpackedOn a day where over 500,000 workers up and down the UK hit the picket lines, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Leader Keir Starmer...
1st December 2022 | By Thomas Markham
Women’s safety in question as proposal of a night tram stalls after cross party disagreements in Council meetingQuestions around a night tram service in Manchester have come to light once again in the Manchester City Council meeting yesterday (Wednesday 30 November). The...
9th November 2022 | By Callum Scott
Sunak squirms over Williamson resignation – PMQs UnpackedRishi Sunak has faced the first resignation from his government, which is only weeks old. Sir Gavin Williamson has been forced out of the Cabinet...
24th October 2022 | By Callum Scott
Rishi Sunak to be next PM as Mordaunt withdrawsSeven years after becoming MP for William Hague’s old seat of Richmond, today Rishi Sunak goes one better than his predecessor and becomes our next...
24th October 2022 | By Callum Scott
Sunak has support of over half of Tory MPs as deadline approachesToday is a pivotal day in the history of the Conservative Party, with former Chancellor Rishi Sunak on the brink of becoming the next Prime...
20th October 2022 | By Callum Scott
Truss Exit Triggers Fresh Leadership Vote – Today in summaryLiz Truss has resigned as prime minister after 45 days in office marked by turmoil, triggering the second Tory leadership election in four months. Ms...
20th October 2022 | By Callum Scott
Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister after just six weeksAn absolutely astonishing turn of events at Westminster this afternoon as Liz Truss resigns from office after just six weeks in office, making her the...
19th October 2022 | By Callum Scott
Truss hangs on as Government falls around herIt has been yet another day of chaos for the Government, with the Truss premiership looking more and more imperilled by the minute. For the...
6th May 2022 | By Joseph Ward
Why misogyny counts as the new normal in politicsThe polls across Greater Manchester and other parts of the UK have served as the first test of public opinion over concerns about misogyny in...
5th May 2022 | By Liam Taylor
MMU students deciding how to vote ahead of local elections – many for the first timeWith local elections taking place today, young people across campus have been thinking about the way that they would like to vote. NQ caught up...
29th April 2022 | By nq_admin
LIVE: Manchester Local Elections 2022
21st April 2022 | By Ebrima Njie-Kalokoh
“We now face a cost-of-living crisis”: the consequences for poor and working-class peopleSince the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, households have been finding it increasingly difficult to pay for necessities such as food and heating – as...
23rd February 2022 | By Marina Argirova
SOS NHS demonstration in St Peter’s Square to demand £20m emergency fundingMore than 40 organisations associated with the NHS will gather in St Peter’s Square this Saturday to protest against the Health and Care Bill 2021. ...
16th February 2022 | By Marina Argirova
Huge turnout for energy cap bill protest in Manchester city centreManchester’s People Assembly organised a national protest against the increase in the national living cost. The People’s Assembly had organised for the protest to take...
9th February 2022 | By Marina Argirova
Make Votes Matter demonstration against plans to make ID compulsory in polling stationPolitical activists gathered in St Peter’s Square to defend democratic rights they say are under threat from government plans in the Elections Bill. Protesters came...
2nd February 2022 | By Marina Argirova
Byelection in Manchester’s Ancoats and Beswick wardA council byelection will be held tomorrow for Manchester’s Ancoats and Beswick ward. The election was called after the resignation of Marcia Hutchinson last year....
12th November 2021 | By Samir Aslam
Thousands take to streets to protest Conservative Press conference closing major roads in processMajor roads including Oxford Road were closed as thousands of protestors and dozens of organisations came out to object the annual Conservative Party conference. The People’s...
4th November 2021 | By Keiron Watkin
Wine bar to be opened in apartment block housing elderly residents in AncoatsAn application to install a bistro wine bar in a building in Ancoats used as social housing for elderly residents has been granted. The application...