“Hi! Hello!” a boy flags me down outside Selfridges on Exchange Square. Kitted out in a navy blue jacket, ‘Educate & Empower’ printed across his back, he’s stopped me to ask a very important question: ...

So what better time to hold our first ever Future of Greater Manchester Summit! I'll be interviewing our new mayor Bev Craig ...

Andy Burnham with City chairman Khaldoon in 2019. Photo: Martin Ricketts/PA Images licensed via Alamy. Plus: We hit our campaign target! Dear readers — we’re starting the week with some fantastic news ...

We tell the inside story of a city's relationship with Abu Dhabi, including notes that show a council official saying: 'You ...

Scousers are at the wheel, and driving for Mancunian devolution Good morning, readers. It's Ethan here, fresh from the Labour Party conference. Between my chats with MPs, property developers and trade ...

Since announcing free subscriptions for 16-25 year olds yesterday, almost half of them have already been snapped up! If you're lucky enough to be so young, why not grab an entire year's subscription ...

Today, with four days to go on our campaign, we can announce that we’ve partnered with Postcode Lottery to fund 400 annual ...

Dear readers — welcome to the second (and final) week of our campaign, in which we try to get to 5,000 paying members so we ...

But local journalism in the UK keeps getting gutted. This month, Reach PLC announced that they’re axing roughly 220 editorial roles, and closing their titles in Kent, Aberdeen and Galway. On Friday it ...