Good to meet with @Keir_Starmer today to talk about how we can work together. Great to hear from the @UKLabour Leader how committed he is to working with local government- to show what Labour can do in power, and to supporting Manchester in the future.
Absolutely delighted that we’ve tonight elected @bevcraig as the next Leader of Manchester Labour Group and Manchester City Council.
Our first woman leader and a brilliant one at that. 🌹
I have updated my blog on the Manchester Guardian journalist Madeline with the script of a talk she gave on the Manchester radio station 2ZY on 31st December 1929 , "Women in the North" https://t.co/6nBMbFZ7lV
New Blog Post: Manchester Irish in Britain Representation Group and the Labour Council 1984-97 https://t.co/WBcVXDeXkT by guest writer Bernadette Hyland.
This is the moment Andy Burnham found out that the government was only providing £22 million to help Greater Manchester businesses during their Tier 3 covid restrictions despite offering £60 million earlier in the day. Read more: https://t.co/DcNKDGARNM
#OTD 1965. Barbara Castle appointed Minister of Transport.
Told by the media that 'you’re only a woman, you don’t drive, what do you know about it?’, she introduced the Road Safety Bill, the seatbelt and breathalyser after discovering the large number of road fatalities.
Great to hear @AnnBlack4NEC talking in Manchester this evening. She mentioned the woman who brought me into the Party - Kath Fry. Ann & Kath respesent the best of what it is to be a comrade, putting responsible scrutiny and clear processes at the heart of what we do as a movement
An exciting exhibition in @MancLibraries will showcase the work of local primary and secondary school pupils who have explored the city’s unique and pioneering role in the campaign for suffrage a hundred years ago
https://t.co/T7Wim2j3LQ
#HerStories