politics

21st September 2020 | By Rory Gannon

Politicans 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

The 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

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...

16th January 2019 | By Mia Abeyawardene

Last 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

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...

27th April 2018 | By Danielle Kenneally

Amy 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

One 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

We 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

Jeremy 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

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

All 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

At 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 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

The 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

Andy Burnham has taken an unusual approach to building his election manifesto. The Labour Party candidate for the Greater Manchester Mayoral elections has been asking...

12th April 2017 | By nq_admin

The number of Councillors sitting on Manchester City Council will remain the same after the independent Local Government Boundary Commission published its final recommendations on new...

30th March 2017 | By nq_admin

The Greater Manchester mayoral elections are upon us. Today electors from Greater Manchester’s 10 boroughs (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and...

28th March 2017 | By nq_admin

Manchester's students are being encouraged to register to vote in elections to democratically elect Greater Manchester's first ever Mayor. The historic vote to choose who will become...

20th March 2017 | By nq_admin

A council by-election will be held in Manchester's Rusholme ward. The election will take place on Thursday 4 May, the same day as the Manchester...

27th February 2017 | By nq_admin

Sir Gerald Kaufman MP, one of Manchester's longest standing MP's, has died aged 86 The Manchester Town Hall flag is being flown at half mast...