politics
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...
16th October 2020 | By Rory Gannon
Manchester musicians hit out at Chancellor’s ‘insulting’ retraining commentsManchester musicians have hit out at the government for suggesting people left unemployed by the Covid-19 pandemic should retrain to find work. Chancellor Rishi Sunak...
14th October 2020 | By Lucas Crossley
‘We will not accept Tier 3’: Andy Burnham rejects government’s new lockdown restrictionsAndy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, outlinined his fierce opposition to the government’s new three-tier system of lockdown restrictions today. At a virtual press conference...
12th October 2020 | By Rory Gannon
Belarusians march in Manchester against election of president in ‘rigged’ voteBelarusians from across the north west of England assembled in Manchester on Sunday to protest against their controversially-elected president. Demonstrators have been gathering in St Anne’s Square...
1st October 2020 | By Rory Gannon
‘This government doesn’t care about trans people’ says Manchester LGBTQ+ activistThere has been outrage among LGBTQ+ activists after a proposed change to the law to allow transgender people to self-identify was rejected by MPs. The changes,...
21st September 2020 | By Rory Gannon
Manchester MPs criticise Boris Johnson for ‘breaking international law’ with post-Brexit billPoliticans from across Manchester have joined former Prime Ministers in speaking out against Boris Johnson’s “Post-Brexit Bill”, which critics say breaks international law. Manchester MPs have expressed their disdain...
26th September 2019 | By Niall Hay
Manchester prepares for Conservative Party conferenceThe posters are up and the work has begun on the Tory party conference in Manchester. There is a noticeable police presence outside the hall...
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 gainsJust 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...
16th January 2019 | By Mia Abeyawardene
Young people in Britain campaign for a second Brexit referendumLast October, hundreds of thousands of people marched to parliament in London, campaigning for a second Brexit vote. Many argue that in 2016, when the...
11th May 2018 | By Nadia Turki
Local elections provide another win for Labour in Fallowfield wardAt 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...
27th April 2018 | By Danielle Kenneally
Manchester based artist Amy Mizrahi discusses the themes behind her workAmy Mizrahi is a Manchester based artist with a background in both fine art and illustration, as well as social science. Within her work, she...
8th June 2017 | By nq_admin
General Election – What we know so farOne of the most anticipated days of the year so far is underway, and the interminable wait of the count begins. Within minutes of the...
22nd May 2017 | By nq_admin
Students reminded to register to vote as 1 Million new voters register ahead of June General ElectionWe are less than a month away from another general election on June 8th thanks to Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcement of a snap election...
17th May 2017 | By nq_admin
VIDEO: Jeremy Corbyn holds rally in Salford after launching election campaign in ManchesterJeremy Corbyn launched his party's General Election campaign in Manchester last week. Putting the interests of the many before the few, the theme of Labour's...
12th May 2017 | By nq_admin
Have you registered to vote in the General Election?When? With less than 4 weeks until the snap-General Election, Mancunians are being reminded to register to vote. The deadline to register to vote in...
12th May 2017 | By nq_admin
Manchester candidates for General Election announcedAll the candidates for Manchester constituencies in the General Election have been confirmed by the City Council. Labour currently hold 4 out of the 5...
5th May 2017 | By R.Shand
What to look out for in the Greater Manchester Mayoral electionsAt a time when some members of the public have had enough of elections, the Mayoral election in Manchester offers greater opportunities to examine themes...
5th May 2017 | By nq_admin
Andy Burnham becomes Greater Manchester’s first mayorAndy Burnham has become the first ever directly elected mayor of Greater Manchester. Winning with 63% of the vote (359,392 votes), Burnham has claimed victory in...
5th May 2017 | By nq_admin
LIVE: Greater Manchester’s Mayoral election resultsThe votes are in and are being counted. All that is left to do is wait for the announcement of Greater Manchester's first ever Mayor. Voter...
25th April 2017 | By nq_admin
VIDEO: Andy Burnham Mayoral interviewAndy Burnham has taken an unusual approach to building his election manifesto. The Labour Party candidate for the Greater Manchester Mayoral elections has been asking...