After a recent surge in violent crime with students in Manchester being the prime target, Kizzy Bray meets the UoM student petitioning for the police and mayor Andy Burnham to take action for safety in Fallowfield

Poet Malika Booker talks politics at the Manchester Literature Festival

The City Council is investing £1.8 million in “real solutions” for the city’s homeless as fire stations and hostels open their doors to rough sleepers

Deregulation of licensing regulation has damaged the incomes of Manchester taxi drivers

Chancellor announces an extra £400m for the Northern Powerhouse aims to invigorate the Northern economy and improve infrastructure and transport links

With 19.9 per cent of adults in Manchester reportedly smokers, including students, the Manchester Mayor has backed the ‘Stoptober’ campaign

A new scheme is being set up in Greater Manchester to tackle homelessness

The mental health support course is initiated as Andy Burnham tells The Mancunion “support often isn’t there for people in crisis moments”

Caps on rent and strict regulations are in order because student housing is “way below standard,” Andy Burnham tells The Mancunion

Mayor Andy Burnham tells The Mancunion that Manchester “doesn’t like being second-best at anything”

Voters will decide on the first ever elected Mayor of Greater Manchester

The Labour Mayoral election candidate announced the key student policy at his manifesto launch

The death of Sir Gerald Kaufman, veteran MP for Manchester Gorton, will trigger a by-election. Most likely on the same date as the GM Mayoral election

Barney Weston reports on the second hustings in the build-up to the Greater Manchester Mayoral Election

As Andy Burnham prepares for the Mayoral Election, we take a look at its potentially huge importance

The Labour Greater Manchester Mayoral Candidate, Andy Burnham, is offering the opportunity for one-to-one questions with students and young people around Manchester

In his campaign manifesto to become Leader of the Labour Party, Andy Burnham has stated that he will commit Labour to a graduate tax for students in academic and technical education

The #IndyLive General Election debate took place on Wednesday and fielded questions about the EU, healthcare, and nationalism