✨It's the #FestivalofLibraries2025!! There's LOADS happening all week. Check out our blog and get involved... manclibraries.blog/festival-of-li…

“This City is about accelerating home building on Council-owned land so that we can build the homes that Manchester needs on our own terms.” says council leader Bev Craig aboutmanchester.co.uk/affordable-hou…

Thank you to all our volunteers at Manchester Libraries and through our city 🙌🙌❤️ Neil MacInnes OBE

BIG news for the Bee Network! The Government is backing it with £2.5 billion to become the UK’s first fully-integrated, all-electric public transport system by 2030. 🐝

1,000 more electric buses, new tram stops, new interchanges and a massive Metrolink announcement manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

Crafty shopping galore this Sunday ⚡ The #Artisan #Market is packed with handmade treasures, indie makers & proper good vibes. 🗓 Sunday 8 June 🕚 11am–3:30pm 🎟 Free entry & parking 📍 #Manchester No booking needed – just turn up + have a browse! 👌 Little Owl Artisan

NEW: Rachel Reeves confirms that adjustments to winter fuel payments will come in time for *this* winter. "We have listened to the concerns that people had about the level of the means test, and so we will be making changes to that, they will be in place so that pensioners are

What an immense honour for our wonderful tour guide, Grahame, officially a #HeritageHero - we're SO proud! Huge thanks to The Heritage Alliance for this shining accolade, awarded for Grahame's long-standing (& outstanding) service to UK Heritage! 👏👏👏

NEW: Keir Starmer unveils plan to extend free school meals to all children in families who get Universal Credit Change expected to benefit more than half a million kids 👇 mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Writing for the Mirror, Keir Starmer says: "It’s common sense that children can’t do well at school if they’re hungry" mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

This will benefit thousands of children in Manchester 👇🏼

🏥 Today I chaired our second quarterly Manchester City Council Health & Wellbeing Board of 2025. In a packed agenda we discussed our HDRC; People Seeking Sanctuary JSNA and Suicide Prevention Plan. You can watch the meeting in full here: vimeo.com/1051495492 🐝

🏛️ Today we held the first meeting of the Manchester City Council Executive of the municipal year. We covered a number of topics including the final revenue and capital outturn reports of the 2024/25 financial year. You can watch the meeting in full here: vimeo.com/1065826389 🐝

🚨 NEW: Labour is lifting 100,000 children out of poverty by expanding access to free school meals. Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.

Keir Starmer The The Mirror has been campaigning for years for changes to free school meal eligibility. I’ve heard so many grim stories from schools about the hunger and hardship teachers see every day. So delighted this is our splash tonight

500,000 kids to benefit; 100,000 lifted out of poverty. Good for attainment, good for attendance and good for nutrition. Extremely proud of this change, that only a Labour Government would make.

📣 Good news a new Metrolink stop at Sandhills will transform Collyhurst & help accelerate our plans for Victoria North Victoria North is one of the largest urban regeneration schemes in the country. 15,000 new homes, river city park, new schools and GPs, businesses and jobs.

✅ Putting nearly £500 more in parents’ pockets ✅ Lifting 100,000 children out of poverty ✅ Driving better behaviour, attainment and wellbeing ✅ Setting children up to learn ✅ Easing cost of living pressures

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is right, this government will leave no stone unturned in our pursuit to give every child the best start in life. That's the difference a Labour government with a Plan for Change makes 🌹 mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

This Labour government is taking action to ease cost of living pressures by helping families who need it most. We’re giving every child, no matter their background, the same chance to succeed.