Controversial city centre office complex set for massive redesign more than year after work started
A controversial office park set to be built in New Islington has undergone a huge redesign more than a year after initial work started.
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Woman killed in avalanche tragedy played "significant role" in Manchester, council leader says
The leader of Manchester City Council has paid tribute to Kate Vokes, who was killed in a French Alps avalanche along with her son Archie.
'In true Manchester form, we want to have our cake and eat it'
Manchester wants to have its cake and eat it, the council leader has said as she sets out her 10-year vision for the city's economy. Bev Craig has told the M.E.N. that she wants Manchester's economic success story to continue, but to spread the benefits all over the city.
Manchester Council leader issues last-ditch plea to government
The government must put 'urgent measures' in place to save Manchester council from falling off a cliff edge as it faces an ever-increasing gap in its budget, the city's council leader says. Council leader Bev Craig has written to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt ahead of the autumn statement later this month with a plea to protect vital services by providing 'sufficient, sustainable and strategic' funding for local government.
As the Prime Minister delivered his speech on HS2, 100 metres away anger was brewing
As Rishi Sunak took to the stage at Manchester Central Complex and delivered his controversial speech on HS2, less than 100m down the road, anger was brewing.
'People won't forget how Manchester was treated': Andy Burnham furious on eve of crucial HS2 announcement
Mancunians 'won't forget' how the government 'treated the city', mayor Andy Burnham said on the eve of the crucial HS2 announcement by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Andy Burnham and Northern leaders' last-ditch plan to save HS2 if Rishi Sunak axes Manchester leg
Protecting the HS2 bill in Parliament will be the top priority if the high-speed railway line between Birmingham and Manchester is scrapped, Northern leaders have said. Greater Manchester's politicians are still urging the government not to scrap the second phase of the major scheme, but say they are open changing how and when it is delivered.
Is a row looming over how Greater Manchester's new Bee buses will be paid for?
Greater Manchester's new Bee Network launched in a blaze of publicity on Sunday as the region became the first in England to bring buses back under public control since deregulation in the 1980s.