Mike Kane MP Articles

In the run-up to the general election we knocked on the doors of millions of voters – but were we kidding ourselves to think we were having 'conversations' rather than just canvassing? 'Four million conversations' was the boast made by Ed Miliband in Manchester a week...

Discarded cardboard in city centre doorways is just one of the worrying signs that rough sleeping in Manchester is on the increase. That so many people should spend their nights on the streets of our proud city should concern us all. But this is just the most visible...

It was Margaret Mead who said: ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has’. I joined the Labour party in 1988 inspired by the vision of my then local MP Alf Morris who envisioned a...