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Salford City Council, Swinton, Gtr Manchester, England. CC BY 3.0, image credit: Bob Linsdell

“An exceptionally challenging year”: Salford Council sends bleak letter to residents about tax rises and funding

Salford City Council will increase council tax by 3% next financial year, the maximum amount allowed before a local referendum is triggered.

Mark Carney, Governor of Bank of England, wearing an England 'Three Lions' lapel pin, addresses the Northern Powerhouse Business Summit Boiler Shop in Newcastle, Britain, July 5, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble

Northern Powerhouse project ‘overlooked the people of the North’, says IPPR report

In a blow to the government’s Northern Powerhouse project, a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) criticises […]

File photo dated 12-05-2013 of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson

EXCLUSIVE: Sir Alex Ferguson’s leaked medical file ‘had been left out on a reception desk’ at Salford Royal

A leak of confidential medical information about Sir Alex Ferguson at Salford Royal Hospital was caused by a personal file being left in public view at a reception desk, it was claimed today.