Manchester Articles

If our aim is to reverse ‘a century of centralisation’, as argued by Ed Miliband in his conference speech, by devolving power to local government then London must be included. Too few powers are devolved to the right level, meaning that there is a yawning gap between...

Manchester's Labour council has a vision that by 2020 Greater Manchester will have pioneered a new model for sustainable economic growth, based around a more connected, talented and greener city region. A key element of our strategy is to improve connectivity locally,...

Ed Miliband's speech today setting out the emerging conclusions from Andrew Adonis' review of the jobs and growth agenda is another welcome indication that the Labour party recognises that uniform, centralised, and input-driven national programmes run from Whitehall...

Five years of economic downturn plus three years of blatantly unfair cuts have certainly taken their toll on Manchester, but the city is undoubtedly still in a much better position than it was 30 years ago. Then, a combination of recession, government cuts,...