We want to ‘get cracking’ with sending migrants to Rwanda, says Cabinet minister The UK Government’s controversial policy is currently facing challenges in the courts. The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2023
Failed Levelling Up bids have suddenly been reversed - where was the money hiding? Local MPs admit they are delighted but bewildered by the Budget announcement that areas with previously failed bids will now been handed millions. Manchester Evening News · Mar 16, 2023
'We're living in a raw sewage and rat-infested hell - we fear for our kids' Worried housing association tenants have made more than 15,000 complaints in the last three years Manchester Evening News · Mar 12, 2023
Giant rats and raw sewage 'hell' spark fear for kids' health due to mould and damp A Sunday Mirror investigation has revealed there were 15,000 complaints about disrepair with tenants worried about rat infestations, raw sewage and health problems caused by mould Daily Mirror · Mar 12, 2023
Teenager charged after violent protests outside asylum seeker hotel in Merseyside Jarad Skeete, 19, of Irwell Close, Aigburth, Liverpool, was among 15 people arrested after a riot outside the Suites Hotel in Knowsley The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2023
Richard Sharp’s position as BBC chair ‘increasingly untenable’, says Labour Sharp faces calls to resign after MPs’ report says he made significant errors of judgment over Johnson loan The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023
Labour demands Whitehall keep out of local issues like tarting up bus shelters Yet the Government’s nosy parkers even insist councils get their go-ahead to scrape chewing gum off the streets Daily Mirror · Feb 11, 2023
The Mancunian Way: Awaab’s Law will be a reality Minister meets with toddler’s parents PLUS Did Gove go ‘rogue’ AND Students occupy uni buildings Manchester Evening News · Feb 9, 2023
Did Michael Gove go 'rogue' with social housing spending promise during Manchester speech? “I understand the Secretary of State is in Rochdale today. How can he possibly tell housing associations to sort themselves out if he can’t sort out his own department?" shadow communities secretary Lisa Nandy asked. Manchester Evening News · Feb 9, 2023
Liverpool needed 'some external intervention' but frustration over government stay lingers says Labour's communities chief Lisa Nandy on Liverpool, Levelling Up and the Labour Party in 2023 Liverpool Echo · Feb 5, 2023
Union boss says civil servants working with Dominic Raab 'suffered mental health crises' Rishi Sunak is under intense pressure to remove Mr Raab as deputy PM as eight formal complaints about alleged bullying are investigated Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2023
Developers must commit to fixing unsafe tower blocks or face ban, says Gove The plan is the Government’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire, which brought to light safety issues in apartment buildings Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2023
The Guardian view on English devolution: an idea whose time has come Editorial: A cross-party consensus is in favour of giving power back to the regions. At the next election Labour should make a radical offer The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2023
Labour to launch major review into private home rents It comes as the typical private rent being asked within London hit a record £2,480 Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2023
Manchester Evening News · Jan 26, 2023 Michael Gove jokes it would be 'fatal' for Andy Burnham's career if they always agreed The Levelling Up Secretary had plenty of praise for the mayor at the Convention of the North.
Manchester Evening News · Jan 25, 2023 'Even the winners are losing': Lisa Nandy warns against levelling up like London The shadow levelling up secretary and Wigan MP told a major regional conference in Manchester that a Labour government would unleash the 'power of all people in all parts of Britain'
Manchester Evening News · Jan 25, 2023 The Mancunian Way: 'Hard-wiring' the North The Levelling Up of the North PLUS Airport transformations AND Gail Platt
The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023 Gove evokes spirit of Thatcherism to help boost levelling-up agenda Mr Gove said he wanted to see devolution powers deepen and expand to other areas.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2023 Sunak should press Zahawi to resign, says former Tory minister Prime minister faces uncomfortable PMQs, with ‘impossible questions’ over ex-chancellor’s tax affairs
The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2023 Councils spent £12.5m on bids for Liz Truss’s investment zones, data shows Exclusive: Labour compiled analysis of waste suffered by cash-strapped local authorities on the scheme, binned by the government weeks later
Manchester Evening News · Jan 25, 2023 Labour's Lisa Nandy says 'our political system must change or die' The Wigan MP and shadow minister is due to appear opposite Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove
Manchester Evening News · Jan 25, 2023 Why Andy Burnham and Manchester council leader want the UK to follow in Germany's footsteps Local leaders will be making their case at Convention of the North
Manchester Evening News · Jan 24, 2023 Damning report lays bare lack of investment in North of England compared with rest of the world Think-tank says region of 15 million people held back by 'vast inequalities' and 'systematic underinvestment'
The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023 UK must change or die when it comes to how country is governed – Nandy The shadow levelling-up secretary will accuse the Tories of failing to fulfil the pledge of creating opportunities outside of the South East.
Daily Mirror · Jan 24, 2023 Family attacked by fleas as rat infestation causes son to develop flesh-eating disease A mum-of-three claims that her son had to have life-saving surgery after he developed a flesh-eating disease from a rat and flea infestation that's has taken over her garden