Politics

Medlock Street plans. Credit: Whitbread / Dominvs Group.

The Manchester developments set to get the green light next week

A sign at the local election reminding voters they need to bring ID. Photo: Getty Images

Local elections 2023: councillor says voter ID rule needs scrapping

Stockport Town Hall. Credit: Adam Vaughan

Stockport local election results 2023

Oldham local election vote count at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Photo: Charlotte Green LDRS

Oldham Council election results 2023

Bury town hall Credit: MEN

Bury Council election results 2023

Rochdale town hall

Local elections 2023: the candidates and parties who won in Rochdale

Manchester council election results are in Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Manchester council election results 2023

Salford Council election results in full for May 2023

Salford Council election results 2023: candidates and parties who won

Local council election results for Tameside

Tameside Council election results 2023

Bolton Town Hall. Photo: LDRS

Bolton Council election results 2023 in full

Local elections 2023: Are people voting and who are they voting for?

Local elections take place on Thursday, May 4

How to vote without ID in local elections using emergency proxy vote

Manchester Town Hall. Photo: AdobeStock

Town Hall Rich List 2023: Manchester City Council bosses included

ID for voting: What locals think about having ID to vote in elections

Council elections take place on Thursday, May 4.

Greater Manchester council elections May 2023 -

Hundreds of Afghan refugees have been living in hotels in Manchester since fleeing the Taliban takeover of the country. Photo: Getty Images

‘Uncertainty’ for hundreds of Afghan refugees in Manchester

Plans for the regeneration of Hattersley are moving forward. Photo: Google Maps

Plan to regenerate estate with new play park and woodland access

The site off Matley Lane proposed for 91 homes. Photo: Metacre

Green belt housing estate plan gets 140 objections

The Queens Hotel and Pub in Harpurhey has had its licence suspended. Photo: Google Maps

Manchester pub has licence suspended after brawl involving weapons

An image included in the Places for Everyone document. Credit: GMCA

Greater Manchester councils spent £1.1m on Levelling Up consultants

Rochdale Council is spending £4.6m to help vulnerable households cope with the cost of living crisis. Photo: AdobeStock

Rochdale Council spending £4.6m to help vulnerable households

Protestors hold a mock award ceremony outside the Greater Manchester Pension Fund’s meeting. Photo: Fossil Free GM

Pension fund presenting with mock award for fossil fuel investment

Mayor Andy Burnham has welcomed the Greater Manchester devolution deal Credit: Getty

Devolution deal to give Mayor full control over local finances

Chancellor set to extend fuel duty cut beyond March

Minister for the Cabinet Office Jeremy Quin breaking ground on the new government hub in Manchester

Construction work at Manchester government hub starts

An open letter to the Government has called for a private rent freeze and a ban on evictions. Photo: Getty Images

Call for private rents freeze gets backing in Greater Manchester

A Clean Air Zone sign in Hollinwood, Oldham, pictured in February 2023. Credit: LDRS

Where the Clean Air Zone is up to one year after scheme was paused

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham. Photo: GMCA

All Greater Manchester households to pay more council tax

Rochdale Market. Photo: Nick Statham

Fresh doubts over future of 700-year-old market in Rochdale

The fate of the Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone is currently unclear, but an environment group is warning action is needed on air pollution. Photo: Getty Images

Clean Air Zone: call for action a year after pollution plan paused

An update has been given on the Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone. Photo: Getty Images

Clean Air Zone: the latest on the controversial environmental scheme

Fireworks

Manchester fireworks and Christmas lights switch-on won’t be axed

Rev Mark Coleman (left) with three other Insulate Britain supporters he went on trial with in London

Vicar who took part in Insulate Britain roadblock on trial

GMP chief constable Stephen Watson at the Police, Fire and Crime Panel on January 26, 2023. Credit: GMCA

Senior police officer among those accused of sexual misconduct

The former Nutters restaurant at Wolstenholme Hall in Norden, Rochdale. Credit: Jonathan Davidson Architects

Albert’s plan for new venue approved but extension design criticised

Government ‘will miss EV charger target by 20 years’, Labour says

Carsten Schneider addressed the Convention of the North about the German experience of reducing regional inequalities. Photo: AFP via Getty Images

Levelling up: what the north can learn from German regional policies