Tag: politics

Media City Tram to Eccles
Credit: Francis Barker

Lib Dems claim plans to introduce late-night trams in Salford were blocked by Labour

A furious Lib Dem councillor claims Labour are delaying council debates to block his motion to introduce a late-night tram for Salford.

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“Without them, we would not be able to cope” – Salford City Council announces Real Living Wage increase to £9.90 for care workers

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bcgovphotos/45061808394   Salford City Council has announced it will pay all social care workers in Salford the Real Living Wage […]

Socialist Alternative helping pallet workers at the CHEP factory in Trafford Park.

“We will fight for every reform that makes workers lives better” – Socialist organisation to support protests and strikes in Salford community

The Salford branch of Socialist Alternative is set to rally in forthcoming activist movements and next week’s Kill the Bill […]

Mr Joseph Allen with his campaigners in Bexley Square

“It’s all about what we can do in the middle ground”- Lib Dem candidate for Blackfriars and Trinity by-election sets out plans to ‘Clean Up Blackfriars’

With the Blackfriars and Trinity by-election on November 4 approaching, Liberal Democrat candidate Joseph Ross Allen plans to bring clean, […]

Screenshot from the publicly, freely available select committee broadcast.

“I wasn’t expecting him to nearly burst into tears” – Salford MP Graham Stringer on Dominic Cummings grilling

Salford MP Graham Stringer called Dominic Cummings’s analysis on the government’s lack of preparation for Covid-19 “shocking”. Former chief adviser […]

Rebecca Long- Bailey being interviewed on the Media City University Campus (CC: Harry Dunnett)

Salford MP Rebecca Long Bailey describes new police legislation as “chilling”, says the right to peacefully protest “must be protected”

Rebecca Long-Bailey MP says the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill could contravene articles in the Human Rights Act. The […]

“We need to see a change in University system” – Salford MP speaks with students on tuition loans

“We need to see a change in University system” – Salford MP speaks with students on tuition loans

Salford MP Rebecca Long-Bailey met students to discuss the possibility of reimbursing student loans on a virtual Town Hall meeting […]