City Hall & Politics — Best of Manchester

Napoleons licence holder and her husband jailed for 15 years each over drugs-by-post operation

Kasper Skov Jensen

Guixiang Liu, licence holder at the Bloom Street bar, and Yanfeng He were sentenced on 20 October. The venue’s licence has been suspended since September.

Greater Manchester 'a decade or so behind' London on public transport, says Dame Sarah Storey

Kasper Skov Jensen

Dame Sarah Storey says people in Greater Manchester drive because they feel they have no other choice, but the Bee Network aims to change that.

Public consultation opens on plans to transform Stockport railway station

Kasper Skov Jensen

Stockport Council and TfGM are consulting until 19 November on plans for new station buildings, a footbridge and step-free access at Stockport station.

£100m of projects planned to help Manchester become ‘carbon zero’ by 2038

Kasper Skov Jensen

Manchester is planning a £100m pipeline of climate projects as a report warns emissions are not falling fast enough to hit carbon zero by 2038.

Bury Council seeking government cash support to plug £9.6m deficit

Kasper Skov Jensen

Bury Council forecasts a £9.6m budget gap for 2027/28 and wants to open talks with government about Exceptional Financial Support.

Artist Stanley Chow taking legal advice over Tories' use of Andy Burnham portrait

Kasper Skov Jensen

Manchester illustrator Stanley Chow says he is taking legal advice after Conservatives handed out 'Bottler Burnham' bottles featuring his portrait at conference. Party says they were media goody-bag handouts.

‘This is the dream job’: How Labour’s Bev Craig won the race to become Greater Manchester mayor

Kasper Skov Jensen

Bev Craig won the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election on 30 July 2026 and took office on 3 August. How she won, and what she has promised.

Bev Craig: Who is the Mayor of Manchester?

Kasper Skov Jensen

Priorities for Mayor Bev Craig and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority