Housing

Whalley Range Labour - Chancellor Rachel Reeve - 2024 Budget

Labour’s New Budget: What it means for Whalley Range residents

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Labour’s new budget, delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, outlines significant support for Manchester and Whalley Range residents, addressing the cost of living crisis, upgrading local infrastructure, and strengthening education and healthcare services. This budget is the first from Labour in nearly fifteen years, signalling a renewed focus on investment, job creation, […]

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Whalley Range Labour - Cromwell Avenue Community Street Event

Active Streets Event Brings Community Together

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On the 8th of August, Councillor Angeliki Stogia and Councillor Muqaddasah Bano visited an Active Street event on Cromwell Avenue in Whalley Range. The initiative was organised by Whalley Range Youth Opportunities, MCR Active, and Mosscare St Vincents Housing. The event was bustling with activities and sports, free bike repairs and energy-saving advice from the

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Whalley Range Labour - Claremont Road Alleyway Art - Moss Side

Claremont Road Moss Side Alleyway Art

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Part of the Claremont Road alleyway is being transformed into a beautiful community space thanks to the amazing efforts of the Bowes Street Residents Association, Beresford Street residents, and In Our Nature. Cllr Angeliki Stogia joined these incredible residents who have come together to clean up, plant flowers, and create artwork that’s brought a whole

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Whalley Range Labour - Rebecca Long-Bailey and John McDonnell

Labour suspends SEVEN MP’s for voting against the Government on the two child benefit Cap!

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Labour have withdrawn the whip from SEVEN MP’s, after they voted against the Government in an SNP motion to have the two child benefit cap scrapped. The cost of reversing the 2015 Tory policy brought in by former Chancellor George Osbourne, is estimated to be £3.7bn per year. The cap has been blamed for record

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Whalley Range Labour - Great Places LGBTQ+ Whalley Range Housing Development

LGBT Housing development in whalley range – update from great places housing group

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With input from the Russell Road Community Steering Group, Manchester City Council, and the LGBT Foundation, Great Places Housing Group have circulated an update regarding their exciting new LGBT development in Whalley Range, Manchester. The planned scheme will deliver 80 one and two bedroom apartments for older people, within a high-quality sustainable building of four

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Whalley Range Labour - King Charles - The King's Speech 2024

the highlights from Labour’s king’s speech 2024

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A new era, and a new kind of politics was heralded with Sir Keir Starmer’s first King’s Speech. Starmer looked every bit the Prime Minister as he gave the Government’s response to the speech given by King Charles. It was an address which finally offered hope to the UK, thus putting an end to the

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Whalley Range Labour - Assia Shah Takes Action on Landlord Evictions During COVID

The UK housing crisis facing Labour

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Housing is one of the many crisis’ facing the newly elected Labour Government. The UK Social Housing stock has been seriously depleted since Margaret Thatcher introduced the tenant Right to Buy scheme in the 80s. Many tenants bought their council homes at knockdown rates, and flipped them to private landlords, thus netting a tidy profit

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Prime MInister Sir Keir Starmer meets US President Joe Biden at NATO

Keir Starmer on the world stage at NATO – Joe Biden

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer looked perfectly at home on the world stage meeting President Joe Biden at the NATO summit, as world leaders stood for photo opportunities with the alliance’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg. On the agenda is NATO defence spending, the war in Ukraine and the ongoing war in Palestine. It’s certainly been

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Whalley Range Labour’s First post general election Ward meeting

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The Whalley Range Labour Party will hold its first Ward meeting since the period of purdah, at 19.30 on Monday 15 July 2024 at Whalley Range Cricket & Lawn Tennis Club, Kingsbrook Rd, Manchester M16 8NR. Purdah is the pre-election period in the United Kingdom between the announcement of an election and the formation of

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Whalley Range Labour - James Dyson

Dyson Boss James dyson announces 1000 job losses in the uK!

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Dyson have made the shock announcement of 1000 job losses in the UK, which amounts to a quarter of their workforce. Chief executive Hanno Kirner said: “We have grown quickly and, like all companies, we review our global structures from time to time to ensure we are prepared for the future. As such, we are

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