Labour

7th March 2023 | By Thomas Markham

Labour councillor wins successful bid to get people exercising in Oldham with park gym

Labour councillor successfully bids for a £25,500 outside gym for Royton

3rd February 2023 | By Callum Scott

Labour voters cautious ahead of disastrous Sunak polls

As 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 scandals swirl Sunak – PMQs Unpacked

On 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...

9th November 2022 | By Callum Scott

Sunak squirms over Williamson resignation – PMQs Unpacked

Rishi Sunak has faced the first resignation from his government, which is only weeks old. Sir Gavin Williamson has been forced out of the Cabinet...

4th May 2022 | By Louis Smith-Howes

All parties look to make gains in Bury council election as greater Manchester goes to the polls

Earlier this year, Christian Wakeford, the newly-elected then Tory MP for Bury South, defected to the Labour party amid the Partygate scandal, causing a large state...

9th February 2022 | By Daisy Bradbury

Councillors move to improve private renting conditions in Withington after heated debate

Plans will tackle poor-quality rental practices and rogue landlords within Withington and surrounding areas

5th May 2021 | By George Crafer

What does the local election race in Withington mean for its residents?

Withington is going to be one of the most hotly contested wards in the upcoming election. The ward stretches from Fallowfield Sainsburys to Fog Lane...

30th April 2021 | By George Crafer

What are the wards to look out for in this week’s local election?

The local elections are just around the corner. On 6 May a third of the city region’s councillors are facing re-election. If you live in...

25th October 2020 | By Georgina Randall

Socialist Alternative at the People’s Assembly protest against ‘deliberate harm to workers in north’

Political activists from the Socialist Alternative turned out to the People’s Assembly protest at weekend to add their voice to demands for an increase in the government budget for Manchester...

22nd July 2020 | By Katy Rushton

Cheadle MP votes against motion to provide weekly testing for NHS staff

More than 300 Conservative MPs voted against a motion which would have meant weekly testing for NHS and care staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. The motion...

27th May 2019 | By R.McCourt

The Brexit Party and Labour top the poll in the Northwest in a night seeing smaller parties make significant gains

Just weeks after the results of the local council elections, the British public took to the polls one more time to elect MEP’s to the...

17th May 2019 | By Alexander Candlin

Manchester Metropolitan University hosts EU debate ahead of next week’s EU parliamentary election

Manchester Metropolitan University hosted an EU debate ahead of next week’s EU parliamentary election. The debate, hosted by Manchester for Europe, was attended by representatives from...

3rd May 2019 | By Matt Hartless

Local elections live!

29th April 2019 | By Matt Hartless

Local elections 2019: everything you need to know

This Thursday, everyone registered to do so in Manchester can head to the polling station to cast their votes in a local election. This election...

19th February 2019 | By Matt Hartless

Labour Party defectors: who are the gang of seven?

Seven Labour MPs have quit the party to form their own independent group. The group, which includes Stockport MP Ann Coffey, has quit in protest to...

15th January 2019 | By Alexander Candlin

1975: The first referendum

The first national referendum about the UK’s relationship with Europe took place 41 years ago and began the process towards ‘ever-closer-union’ between the UK and...

29th November 2018 | By R.McCourt

Labour of Love, Manchester city councillor proposes to girlfriend and fellow party member following maiden speech in chamber

Lord Mayor June Hitchen of Manchester had asked councillors to remain in the chamber yesterday for one final piece of business before allowing the recently elected...

17th October 2018 | By Alexander Candlin

Youth Quake sends tremors across the political landscape

More people aged 18-24 voted in 2016’s Brexit referendum and 2017’s general-election than have done in the last 25 years following an unexpected turnout by millennials.  85%...

11th May 2018 | By Nadia Turki

Local elections provide another win for Labour in Fallowfield ward

At the city council elections last week, many incumbent councillors in Manchester were fighting to be re-elected. All 92 seats in the city’s 32 wards were...

4th May 2018 | By dave porter

Man Met student wins council seat for Labour in election

Man Met student and now Tameside councillor Sam Gosling was so busy campaigning on election day he calculates that he clocked up 34,000 steps during...