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Greater Manchester

The exterior of a library building used as a polling station, at dusk.

2024 Greater Manchester local election results – in graphs

By Kacy Preen | 20 May 2024News

This is how the votes were distributed in the 2024 local elections, and what the councils look like now in terms of seats.

A white sign with black text reading 'POLLING STATION' affixed to a metal grille over a window set in a red brick wall.

Local & Mayoral elections: who can I vote for, and where do I go to vote?

By The Meteor Team | 20 April 2024News

Use the widget to find out where your polling station is and discover information about the candidates.

A group of people sat at tables in a room with a projector screen, for the 'A just GM' event.

‘Community is a verb, not a noun’

By Alice Toomer-McAlpine | 23 February 2024Features

An update on our project, A Just Greater Manchester

The Manchester & Salford skyline as seen from the green banks of the River Irwell.

This is Greater Manchester: Salford

By Gary Roberts | 23 January 2024Features

The best way to enjoy Salford is to leave the city, apparently. But you don’t have to go far to find green spaces and wildlife.

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A just Greater Manchester – what do you think?

By The Meteor Team | 4 January 2024Editorial

Our reporters will be out across all ten GM boroughs over the next two weeks, asking members of the public what they think about the idea of a just Greater Manchester.

Composite image made of photos from past Meteor events and the title of the upcoming 'a just Greater Manchester' event.

What does a ‘just Greater Manchester’ mean to you?

By The Meteor Team | 8 December 2023Editorial

A diverse group of citizens share their thoughts, and invite you to do the same

Delegates at the Let's End Poverty conference watch a projector screen showing an online meeting, while sat around tables in groups.

Let’s End Poverty: Manchester joins national movement as British attitudes shift

By Alice Toomer-McAlpine | 27 November 2023News

The next online sessions take place in January 2024

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This is Greater Manchester: Bury

By Gary Roberts | 1 October 2023Features

This month we are in Bury, where photographer Gary Roberts found a place brimming with history and social change – for better or worse.

Present-day UK coins and banknotes

Who pays your MP: how much are Greater Manchester MPs earning from second jobs?

By Kacy Preen | 31 July 2023News

Research by Sky News and Tortoise Media finds that the average MP has received £72,046 outside of their Westminster job since the last general election.

A partial map of the Northern trains network faded in over a view out of a train on the approach to Manchester Piccadilly railway station. There is a reflection of the carriage lighting on the window pane, and the view includes train tracks, overhead wiring gantries, and the Manchester skyline. It is an overcast day.

Greater Manchester ticket office closures

By Kacy Preen | 18 July 2023News

Our interactive map shows which stations in Greater Manchester will keep their ticket offices, and which ones will close. Zoom in on your location to see how you will be affected.

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