Labour have withdrawn the whip from SEVEN MP’s, after they voted against the Government in an SNP motion to have the two child benefit cap scrapped.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 […]
At her Wisconsin campaign speech tonight, US Vice President Kamala Harris announced that she has gained the support of enough delegates to secure the Democratic Presidential nomination. Not only is she unopposed as the nominee, she has received the backing of several potential Democratic Presidential rivals, and more crucially the backing of the party’s top
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Joe biden has sensationally quit the US Presidential race, after mounting pressure from Senators, House Representatives, donors and supporters. It comes after an increasingly frail Biden performed terribly in the head to head Presidential debate with Donald Trump, which started calls for him to stand down. At last week’s NATO summit, President Biden referred to
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At the recent Whalley Range Ward meeting, Councillor Aftab Razaq gave and update on the current Neighbourhood Investment Fund (NIF) concerning the Ward. The Neighbourhood Investment Fund (NIF) is available to communities to make their neighbourhoods better places to live. Manchester City Council are supporting local people by encouraging groups to apply. £20,000 of NIF is available to every area (ward) in
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At the recent Whalley Range Labour Ward meeting, Councillor Aftab Razaq kindly provided an update regarding the future of the Pavillion Cafe in Alexandra Park. Aftab serves on the Environment, Climate Change and Neighborhood Scrutiny Committee and has been keeping close tabs on developments with finding a new tenant for the cafe. We’ll keep you
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My Mother used to say “Education and manners will carry you through the world”, and never a truer word was spoken. Education seeps into every pore of society’s fabric, from the economic benefits to the employment market, to the mental and physical wellbeing of the nation. Luckily, I found most high school lessons pretty straightforward.
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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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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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Yes, you read it right! After the failed assassination attempt on his life, Donald Trump has chosen 39 year old MAGA Republican JD Vance as his Presidential running mate. Vance is an ardent proponent of MAGA’s Project 2025, which opponents say is the white Christian Nationalist view of the America, Trump and his supporters want
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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 bought their council houses at knockdown rates, and flipped them to private landlords, thus netting a tidy profit in
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