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    • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
      News in-depthUK local elections
      Local elections: can Labour win back ‘red wall’ voters?

      Rising living costs and collapse of the high street weigh heavily on Bolton residents ahead of May 4 polls

    • Monday, 3 April, 2023
      UK crime
      Ministers accused of ‘creating blind spots’ in tackling child sex abuse cases

      PM says key evidence ignored in historic scandals due to ‘political correctness’ over race

    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Devolution dies in darkness

      Centralising devolved scrutiny in England doesn’t make much sense, but the mayoral system does need some sunlight

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      English metro mayors given new powers and financial freedom

      Greater Manchester and the West Midlands take control of transport, housing and skills in Budget move

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Local oversight must not come at the expense of parliamentary scrutiny

      Devolved competencies have grown, but restricting their supervision to that region alone is a mistake

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      English devolution
      England’s regional mayors face greater oversight in exchange for more powers

      Local MPs to scrutinise work of directly elected leaders of Greater Manchester and West Midlands regions

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      ReviewBiography and memoir
      Manchester Unspun — the story of the city’s resurrection

      From the opening of the Haçienda to the property boom, adopted Mancunian Andy Spinoza tells a vivid story with the pride of a native

    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
      Visual Arts
      Manchester Museum’s new South Asia Gallery focuses on personal stories

      Real people and their experiences are at the heart of the gallery, reopening as part of the museum’s £15mn transformation

    • Sunday, 25 December, 2022
      Cost of living crisis
      Charity tries to provide dignity as well as food as cost of living soars

      On top of necessities of life, Humans MCR points people towards advice on all manner of financial struggles

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Labour party secures by-election victory in Greater Manchester

      Result will place greater pressure on Conservative prime minister Rishi Sunak’s administration

    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      UK foreign policy
      Chinese diplomats withdrawn over Manchester consulate assault

      Beijing removes six officials 24 hours before UK expected to expel group

    • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      English cities move towards ‘hotel tax’ to plug hole in state funding

      Liverpool to introduce voluntary levy in the new year, with Leeds and Manchester considering similar plans

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      News in-depthNational Health Service
      ‘Winter feels a scary place’: Bolton hospital braced for zero capacity

      Health system on critical list amid record backlogs, staff shortages and funding black hole

    • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
      Terrorism in UK
      Victim of Manchester Arena bombing could have survived, inquiry finds

      Report identifies multiple failures in response of emergency services to 2017 terror attack

    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
      Maira Rana
      The health paradox: a dearth of doctors and a surplus of applicants

      It is a false economy to balk at the cost of putting aspiring medics like me through medical school

    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
      Hong Kong
      Foreign Office summons Chinese diplomat over assault at Manchester consulate

      MPs demand expulsion of consular staff involved in attack on Hong Kong protester

    • Monday, 17 October, 2022
      Hong Kong
      UK police open probe into assault of protester inside Chinese consulate

      MPs demand explanation of incident following Hong Kong pro-democracy protest in Manchester

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      Manchester
      New Manchester arts venue shines light on city’s resurgence

      Cultural project is product of government attempts to stimulate post-crash economy

    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
      Gardens
      Parks in the sky inspired by New York’s High Line

      Several projects with disused elevated railway lines launch amid debate about gentrification

    • Friday, 26 August, 2022
      Cost of living crisis
      ‘People are going to die’: verdict from front line of Britain’s energy crisis

      Rundown community was already living on a financial ‘knife edge’ before huge rise in price cap

    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      News in-depthEnglish devolution
      England’s metro mayors seek powers to train up regional workforces

      Elected politicians in Greater Manchester and the West Midlands want control over adult technical skills

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      OutlookJennifer Williams
      Britain’s northern rail project is running out of steam

      Promised investments in high-speed links to Manchester and Leeds are being eroded in favour of spending in the south

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      High Speed Two Ltd
      Business attacks ‘hugely short-sighted’ HS2 plans

      Executives call on UK government to rethink decision against building Manchester station underground

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      HTSI
      Louise Giovanelli: the painter mixing the Old Masters with Mariah Carey

      The artist is a hot commodity thanks to her hypnotic oil paintings – and surprising muses

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
      News in-depthUK Inequality
      The UK looks to innovation hubs to help ‘level up’ left behind areas

      R&D partnerships involving universities and industry are being set up in Manchester, the West Midlands and Glasgow

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