Shock news that 2018 may be the last year that Manchester's Gay Village will host the main stage of Manchester's world-famous Pride festival has been greeted with anger by the City's LGBT+ communities. Unfortunately, such a devastating move has been inevitable since Manchester Labour Councillors voted through the Portland Street Planning Framework and gave permission to build hotels and towers on the space used by Pride and other Village events.
A robust poll conducted by the Guardian Newspaper shows that Manchester voters would reject Brexit in even greater numbers today than when the referendum took place in 2016. The poll shows that the remain vote:
John Leech has launched the Liberal Democrat manifesto for the 2018 local elections in Manchester. Called 'Manchester Together', it features key policies such as tackling homelessness, housing 50 at-risk Syrian refugee families and reversing the recent pay rises for senior staff in the town hall.
