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Gates come down on Library Walk dissent
The masterplan for a dramatic overhaul of St Peter’s Square, including controversial plans to gate off and glaze Library Walk, was rubber stamped by Manchester City Council’s executive on Wednesday....
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We must stand with Irish women fighting for their abortion rights
The first Marie Stopes abortion clinic in Northern Ireland will open this week in the face of draconian legal restrictions and threats by anti-choice groups to see it shut down. South of the border,...
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Why I helped occupy a gas power station in the name of a better future
Early on Monday 29 October, sixteen activists occupied West Burton gas-fired power station, shutting it down for a week in protest against climate change. Lawrence Carter explains his involvement. This...
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From behind bars
Iraqi journalist Rzhwan Amin, detained and at risk of deportation as a result of the UK government rejecting his claim for asylum, writes from Morton Hall immigration removal centre on freedom and how...
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Letter: money for Central Library…but not for community libraries?
The Manchester Evening News reported on a £500,000 donation to Central Library. At first glance it might seem impressive that the Wolfson Foundation can donate such a large figure to a public library....
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Bedroom Tax: A personal account from Manchester
This April the Department for Work and Pensions will be implementing the controversial ‘bedroom tax’, as part of the government’s welfare reforms. The “tax” will affect 12,300 social housing tenants in...
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Supersize prison profits
“Supersize” Titan prisons are back on the agenda despite being scrapped four years ago due to widespread opposition. Will overcrowding at prisons like Strangeways be used to justify building supersize...
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What’s the sequel for Manchester’s libraries?
After months of flash mobs, petitions, occupation and protest six local libraries in Burnage, Fallowfield, Levenshulme, New Moston, Miles Platting and Northenden are having their funding withdrawn by...
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Manchester Angels, ‘set up to protect the streets of Manchester City Centre’, was founded by Wesley Hall in response to the tragic death of seventeen year old Adam Pickup in 2013. Manchester Angels are...
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Housing crisis: when does a crisis become a disaster?
Greater Manchester is being hard hit by the housing crisis just like the rest of the country. Tory incompetence in housing policy is pushing many people to the brink of homelessness, while more fall...
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