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GM Mayor calls for guaranteed police numbers in wake of crime spike

The interim Greater Manchester Mayor Tony Lloyd has called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to guarantee numbers of new police officers after government figures showed a...

Worsley MP Barbara Keeley returns to Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet to push mental health opposition

Worsley and Eccles South MP Barbara Keeley has returned to Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Shadow Cabinet. The long-time campaigner for carer’s rights has been...

Watch: Salford MP Rebecca Long-Bailey outlines ‘patriotic economy’ at Labour Party Conference

In a speech to the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rebecca Long-Bailey MP outlined plans for a new economic position for...

Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership in landslide

Jeremy Corbyn has won the Labour leadership contest with a landslide victory. The chair of the Labour Party’s National Executive Committe Paddy Lillis announced...

Watch: Salford MP on Corbyn ‘heartbreak’ and Labour Party Conference

Salford and Eccles MP Rebecca Long-Bailey speaks ahead of this Saturday’s Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. Around 11,000 party members are expected to descend...

Watch: Video of Salford MP on ‘tax-dodgers’ Finance Bill gets 100,000 hits

In a video clip from the House of Commons posted online by a Labour colleague Salford and Eccles MP Rebecca Long-Bailey outlines serious concerns over the 2016 Finance...

Barbara Keeley MP pledges support for ‘ground-breaking’ new asthma research roadmap

Barbara Keeley, MP for Worsley and Eccles South, has pledged her support for a ground-breaking asthma research roadmap which sets out the priorities to revolutionise...

Jeremy Corbyn vs Owen Smith: Who won BBC Question Time debate?

Last night’s BBC Question Time in Oldham came down to heated exchanges over Brexit, leadership and party unity between Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn and his...

‘Brexit means Brexit’: No second referendum, says PM Theresa May

Prime Minister Theresa May has ruled out the possibility of holding a second referendum on Britain’s exit from the EU. Speaking at her country retreat Chequers in...

Leigh MP Andy Burnham Labour’s candidate for Greater Manchester Mayor

Andy Burnham has been chosen as Labour’s candidate for Greater Manchester’s first Mayor. The Leigh MP will be hoping to claim the hot seat at the mayoral...