Last month (16-20 June 2025) MPs voted on abortion decriminalisation and assisted dying.
Highlights from Supreme Court trans rights protests 18 & 19 April 2025 in Manchester
Our video provides glimpses of the emergency protests held on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 April 2025 in Manchester following the ruling of the UK Supreme Court on 16 April that the definition of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 refers to ‘biological sex’, meaning “the sex of a person at birth”.
Greater Manchester’s collective history: Linda Carver, Save Ancoats Dispensary
Linda Carver was a member of the Ancoats Dispensary Trust, a local organisation set up to save the dispensary building from demolition and redevelop it into a cultural hub. While the original plans did not proceed, the building was saved.
We met in March to discuss the importance of Greater Manchester’s architectural heritage and her work to save a significant Victorian-era building.
This story is part of our generative inquiry into Greater Manchester’s shared heritage.
Labour’s Plan for Change: what does it mean?
The prime minister launched a new government plan with six milestones in a speech at Pinewood Studios earlier this month. But what’s the detail on these ‘plans for mission-led government’? And will they all be forgotten by the time Keir Starmer announces a new set of pledges?
Greater Manchester exit poll predictions
Voting has ended, and the exit polls predict a Labour landslide. The first results from the counts are expected from 11.30pm, with the first Greater Manchester constituency declaring after 1am.
Polls predict a Tory wipeout in Greater Manchester
The latest MRP poll from Electoral Calculus and Find Out Now shows the Conservatives down to just 60 seats in the whole nation, and none at all in Greater Manchester.
Greater Manchester constituency boundaries are changing
On polling day, some of us in Greater Manchester will be voting in new constituencies. Look at our interactive maps to see what’s changed.
All the candidates standing in the 2024 General Election in Greater Manchester constituencies
There are 27 parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester, each with an electorate of about 75,000. Here’s who you can vote for.
Greater Manchester MPs who are stepping down before the 2024 General Election
As of 20 May, Parliament lists three Greater Manchester MPs that are standing down. Who are they and why are they quitting politics?
2024 Greater Manchester local election results – in graphs
This is how the votes were distributed in the 2024 local elections, and what the councils look like now in terms of seats.