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THOUSANDS MARCH AND RALLY AGAINST BORIS JOHNSON IN MANCHESTER

Star date: 31st August 2019

THOUSANDS RALLY AGAINST SHUTDOWN OF PARLIAMENT

Thousands of people in Manchester today attended a rally in Cathedral Gardens, followed by a march and further rally in Albert Square against Boris Johnson and his plan to shut down Parliament.

Speaker after speaker, including Paul Mason, railed against the Tory Government, while demonstrators chanted 'No-one voted for Boris' and 'Stop The Coup'.

Full details here...

added 31 August 2019

FREE MUSIC FESTIVAL AT MOSLEY COMMON SUNDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER

Star date: 31st August 2019

FUNFAIR, BANDS, BAR AND STALLS AT MOSLEY COMMON FEST

Mosley Common Rocks
Sunday 1st September noon-8pm
Mosley Common Playing Field free

Tomorrow, Sunday 1st September, sees a free music festival at Mosley Common, with the Ellenbrook and Boothstown Brass Band, a range of eight top pop, indie, rock and jazz bands, plus a funfair and stalls.

Full details here...

added 31 August 2019

FOUR DAY NORTHERN REBELLION BEGINS IN MANCHESTER

Star date: 30th August 2019

ROADS CLOSED TO SAVE THE PLANET AS EXTINCTION REBELLION HITS DEANSGATE

Manchester's Deansgate was closed off this morning as campaign group Extinction Rebellion began its four day Northern Rebellion, complete with boats, bands, music, plants, homeless support, smileys and dire warnings of climate change.

"What people need to try to hold onto is the level of disruption and suffering we are heading towards dwarfs anything we're doing as Extinction Rebellion" explained Zoe from Extinction Rebellion Manchester.

Full details here...

added 30 August 2019

MANCHESTER SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY MUSEUM HIT BY STRIKE OVER DECENT PAY

Star date: 30th August 2019

13% PAY DECREASE FORCES MUSEUM STAFF TO STRIKE

Today, members of the Prospect trade union working at the Manchester Science and Industry Museum held a 24 hour strike following four days of working to rule, as their wages have plummeted while the director of the Science Museum Group has received annual bonuses worth more than many workers earn in a year.

"In the last ten years staff have had in real terms a 13% decrease in pay" explained Museum worker Max Hamilton "Also some of our floor staff are still being paid four per cent below the living wage..."

Full details here...

added 30 August 2019

SALFORD MP ‘OUTRAGE’ AT BORIS JOHNSON AS PROTEST CALLED IN MANCHESTER TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY

Star date: 29th August 2019

'OUTRAGE' AT BORIS JOHNSON

Salford MP, Barbara Keeley, has taken to Twitter urging people to sign the petition that now has over one million signatures, "if you believe that action by Boris Johnson to suspend Parliament for five weeks is an outrage".

Meanwhile, a protest to 'Stop The Coup' and 'Defend Democracy' has been called for noon this Saturday, 31st August, at Cathedral Gardens in Manchester.

Full details here...

added 29 August 2019

EXTINCTION REBELLION TO OCCUPY DEANSGATE FOR NORTHERN REBELLION

Star date: 28th August 2019

MANCHESTER DEANSGATE WILL BE CENTRE OF NORTHERN REBELLION

Climate change activists from Extinction Rebellion will occupy Deansgate for four days during the Northern Rebellion to highlight the eco emergency..."The street will be turned into a giant peaceful, safe, family-friendly protest zone...with workshops, talks, music, art, performances, food and other activities" states the campaign group.

On Monday 2nd September there will also be further non-violent direct action protests in other places across the city.

Full details here...

added 28 August 2019

STOCKPORT ART EXHIBITION SHAMES SALFORD CITY COUNCIL

Star date: 27th August 2019

BUILE HILL MANSION AND GARDEN FEATURE IN (DIS)REGARD EXHIBITION

An exhibition titled (Dis)regard by three Greater Manchester female artists, which 'explores the overlooked', opened last Saturday at the splendid Vernon Park House in Stockport.

The artists – Sandra Bouguerch, Paula Fenwick Lucas and Louise Garman – include images and creative responses to the derelict Buile Hill Mansion and its 'secret garden', plus the abandoned Cussons site amongst other places and spaces. It's both the content and the gallery itself which shames Salford City Council.

Full details here...

added 27 August 2019

BIGGEST FRACKING EARTHQUAKE HITS UK

Star date: 26th August 2019

CUADRILLA FRACKING CAUSES 2.9ML RICHTER SCALE QUAKE

This morning, a fracking-induced earthquake struck Lancashire, following Cuadrilla's operations at Preston New Road. It has been measured and confirmed as 2.9ml on the Richter Scale, making it the biggest fracking-induced earthquake in the UK and registering on seismographs as far as Wales and Scotland.

Full details here...

added 26 August 2019

WOULD YOU WALK BAREFOOT OVER A LEGO BRICK ROAD FOR KIDSCAN?

Star date: 25th August 2019

TRY THE LEGO BRICK ROAD AND RAISE MONEY TO HELP BEAT CHILDHOOD CANCER

On Sunday 1st September, a Lego Brick Road will be set up at the Trafford Centre and volunteers will be asked to try and walk barefoot across a pit of the plastic blocks to raise money for the childhood cancer research charity Kidscan.

The event marks the first day of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month andf tickets are now selling for the unique opportunity.

Full details here...

added 25 August 2019

THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE MANCHESTER CONFERENCE

Star date: 25th August 2019

POLITICS FOR THE MANY

This Is What Democracy Looks Like
Saturday 31st August 10am-5pm
Manchester Conference Centre

In the wake of the 200th anniversary of Peterloo, the Politics for the Many campaign is holding its inaugural conference titled This Is What Democracy Looks Like, with loads of speakers including Paul Mason, Rick Burgess of the Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People and Emma Greenwood of the UK Youth Climate Coalition.

Full details here...

added 25 August 2019

A SALFORD ROCK OPERA UNPLUGGED AT ALBERT PARK

Star date: 25th August 2019

ED BLANEY CELEBRATES HIGHS AND LOWS OF GROWING UP IN SALFORD

Ed Blaney and Friends: A Salford Rock Opera Unplugged
Friday 6th September 9:30pm
Roundabout, Albert Park £3

On 6th September, Ed Blaney and friends will be performing a one-off unplugged rock opera at Albert Park, as part of the Roundabout event. Expect drugs, prisons, love, life and council estates, plus accompanying cello, guitars and tunes.

Full details here...

added 25 August 2019

LIFE UP ‘ERE AT SALFORD ARTS THEATRE

Star date: 24th August 2019

HOW THE NORTHERN HALF LIVES AND LOVES

Life Up 'Ere
Thursday 29th and Friday 30th August 7:30pm
Salford Arts Theatre £5

Nine new pieces of creative writing by eight dramatists are being showcased at Salford Arts Theatre this Thursday and Friday. Expect issues like growing up, getting old, falling in love and more..."They are all so different but all have one thing in common, they're proper northern" says project co-ordinator John O'Neill.

Full details here...

added 24 August 2019

24 HOUR STRIKE HITS MANCHESTER SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY MUSEUM

Star date: 23rd August 2019

SCIENCE MUSEUM HIT BY STRIKES

The Manchester Museum of Science and Industry is being hit by a 24 hour strike on 30th August by Prospect trade union members. It's to be preceded by action short of strikes between 24th and 29th August.

The industrial action is over a below-inflation pay rise offer by the Science Museum Group and is set to hit other museums nationally.

Full details here...

added 23 August 2019

SALFORD CAPYBARA BORN AT ECCLES SIXTH FORM COLLEGE

Star date: 22nd August 2019

HANDLE A CAPYBARA AND MORE AT ECCLES SIXTH FORM

Eccles Sixth Form College Animal Department has welcomed the unexpected arrival of three baby capybara pups discovered by student Hannah Sinclair, who is currently studying for her Level 3 Extended Diploma in Animal Management.

The semi-aquatic capybara is related to guinea pigs and chinchillas, and usually native to the wetlands of South America. The Salford capybara are the poster rodents for animal courses at the College, which begin enrolling today.

Full details here...

added 22 August 2019

SALFORD CITY COUNCIL LAUNCHES BUILE HILL PARK AND MANSION CONSULTATION

Star date: 21st August 2019

COUNCIL LOOKS TO 'INFORM FUTURE VISION AND FUNDING BIDS' FOR BUILE HILL

Salford City Council has launched a public consultation, seeking residents' views on Buile Hill Park and Mansion, to "inform future vision and funding bids".

Meanwhile, the recently formed residents Buile Hill Mansion Association, with no links to the Council or anyone else, has one aim – "to ensure Buile Hill Mansion is completely renovated and brought back into public use"...

Full details here...

added 21 August 2019

BELLWAY HOMES REQUESTS PUBLIC INQUIRY OVER SALFORD CITY COUNCIL PLANNING REFUSAL

Star date: 20th August 2019

BELLWAY RE-SUBMITS HILTON LANE PLANNING WHILE REQUESTING PUBLIC INQUIRY

Bellway Homes, whose planning application to build 209 properties on the old St George's School playing pitch off Hilton Lane was refused in July, has re-submitted an application, while requesting an appeal against the decision is heard through a public inquiry.

Bellway states that it will also be "submitting an application for awards of costs against Salford City Council who has acted unreasonably in refusing the application without evidence and against the advice of officers".

Full details here...

added 20 August 2019

SALFORD PRECINCT TO OPEN NEW MARKET

Star date: 19th August 2019

NEW INDOOR MARKET TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER

Salford Shopping Centre has announced that a new contemporary indoor market is to open in September, in Briar Hill Way within the main precinct. The new Salford Market will include over a dozen traders and will replace the existing market.

Full details here...

added 19 August 2019

OVER ONE THOUSAND ATTEND MANCHESTER PETERLOO MARCH FOR DEMOCRACY AND RALLY

Star date: 18th August 2019

'RISE LIKE LIONS...'

Today, well over one thousand people attended the Peterloo Massacre Bicentenary March For Democracy, culminating a rally at Albert Square, Manchester, addressed by, amongst others, MP Chris Williamson, who quoted Shelley's Masque of Anarchy.

There were three Salford contingents at the rally, who marched from Swinton, Salford Museum and Art Gallery, and Queen Street.

Full details here...

added 18 August 2019

CONOR MOLLOY PLAYS KINGS ARMS SALFORD

Star date: 18th August 2019

FROM THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL TO THE KINGS ARMS

Conor Molloy
Sunday 25th August 7:45pm
The Kings Arms £7

Local singer songwriter Conor Molloy, who recently supported Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott at the Royal Albert Hall, brings his sounds to The Kings Arms next Sunday, promoting his new single, Saturday Night.

Full details here...

added 18 August 2019

PETERLOO MASSACRE REMEMBERED IN STYLE AT ST PETER’S FIELD MANCHESTER

Star date: 17th August 2019

HUNDREDS TURN OUT AT MANCHESTER CENTRAL TO REMEMBER PETERLOO

Today, hundreds of people marched from all over Greater Manchester, including from Eccles and Salford, to Manchester Central, to join even more at the site of the original St Peter's Field Peterloo Massacre of 1819.

On the 200th Anniversary of Peterloo there was music, performance and hustings for six new acts, taking inspiration from the original six repressive acts brought in by the government in the wake of the Massacre.

Full details here...

added 17 August 2019

HIDDEN PETERLOO PROJECTED ONTO BRIDGEWATER HALL MANCHESTER

Star date: 17th August 2019

PETERLOO TABLEAUX HITS BRIDGEWATER HALL

Last night, images from Red Saunders' Hidden Peterloo tableaux's were projected onto the outside of the Bridgewater Hall as part of the Peterloo Massacre 200th Anniversary commemorations.

Today and tomorrow, marchers will converge into Manchester retracing the steps of those who attended the ill-fated protest at St Peter's Field in 1819.

Full details here...

added 17 August 2019

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMMEMORATE PETERLOO DESPITE RAIN

Star date: 16th August 2019

RAIN CAN'T STOP THE SPIRIT OF PETERLOO

Hundreds of people gathered outside Manchester Central this afternoon to commemorate the Peterloo Massacre, 200 years since 18 people died and hundreds were injured fighting for a better, more democratic England. At 1pm the names of the dead were read out by a host of people including Mike Leigh and Danny Boyle...

"People chanted, cheered and raised their fists against those who put profit before people" says Salford resident, Alice Searle, who acted as a 'laurel' for the huge From The Crowd performances inside the venue.

Full details here...

added 16 August 2019

PETERLOO ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND EVENTS

Star date: 16th August 2019

TABLEAUX PROJECTIONS, MARCHES AND PERFORMANCE

Today is the 200th Anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, with events happening all day outside and inside Manchester Central, followed by projections tonight on Bridgewater Hall of the incredible Hidden Project's tableaux's.

Both Saturday and Sunday will see marches heading into Manchester, via Salford, for rallies and speeches at Albert Square and outside Manchester Central.

Full details here...

added 16 August 2019

PENDLETON COLLEGE A LEVEL STUDENTS GET 99% PASS RATE

Star date: 16th August 2019

PENDLETON SIXTH FORM COLLEGE CELEBRATES A LEVEL SUCCESS

Students and staff at Pendleton Sixth Form College are celebrating a 99% pass rate on A Level results announced yesterday, with a 100% pass rate in fifty individual subjects.

"It has been an exceptionally successful year in terms of high grades and value added performance" says Victoria Kielty, Head of Academic Studies at the Salford college.

Full details here...

added 16 August 2019

SALFORD GIRL HANNAH WINS £20,000 SCHOLARSHIP FOR CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

Star date: 15th August 2019

SALFORD – WE DID IT!

Salford girl, Hannah Gaffey, has won a £20,000 Future Finance scholarship to go the University of Cambridge, after the community came together and voted for her in the final showdown of 13 shortlisted candidates.

"I could never have achieved this without the support network of friends, family and my local community" says Hannah who will now embark on an MPhil in Education at the prestigious university.

Full details here...

added 15 August 2019

BODDAN LODGE SALFORD OVER SIXTIES CLUB LAUNCHES VIDEO WITH NIGEL PIVARO

Star date: 13th August 2019

IS BODDAN LODGE OVER 60'S CLUB FOR YOU?

Boddan Lodge Over 60's Club, sited on Monton Green, has launched a new short promotional video to attract new members, as Nigel Pivaro investigates why people go and what's on offer.

Full details here...

added 13 August 2019

ONLY NINE PEOPLE SIGN FIVE OFFICIAL SALFORD COUNCIL PETITIONS DURING 2019

Star date: 12th August 2019

PETITIONS TO SALFORD CITY COUNCIL GO UNSIGNED

An official petition to Salford City Council to "clean up and survey the stretch of walkway along the Pomona Docks" has been signed by no-one in the two weeks it has been up on the Council's website. Not even the bloke who initiated it.

Neither has anyone signed a petition for traffic calming on Canal Bank, near Monton, and only two people have signed a petition to move the Ellesmere Monument to the RHS Garden in Worsley. During 2019, only nine people have signed five different petitions.

Full details here...

added 12 August 2019

DOMINIC CARLTON JONES PLAYS PEER HAT

Star date: 11th August 2019

SALFORD STAR AWARD WINNER PLAYS PEER HAT

Dominic Carlton Jones, Karl D'Silva, Cynthia's Periscope, Voxish and Bobotronic
Thursday 29th August from 7:30pm
The Peer Hat, Manchester

Salford Star Award winner, Dominic Carlton Jones, plays the Peer Hat on 29th August in a Skymouth presentation ranging from lo-fi to power electronics to folktronica, also featuring Karl D'Silva, Cynthia's Periscope, Voxish and Bobotronic, as Ian Leslie discovers.

Full details here...

added 11 August 2019

THE YELLOW WALLPAPER PREVIEWS IN SALFORD BEFORE EDINBURGH FRINGE

Star date: 11th August 2019

CREEPY WALLPAPER AND FEMALE HYSTERIA

The Yellow Wallpaper
Monday 12th August 7:30pm
Footlights Theatre £10/£7

Set in the 1950s and adapted as a visually enthralling Greek Tragedy, The Yellow Wallpaper explores feminist issues like the misdiagnosis of 'female hysteria', complete with strange wallpaper and more. See this Salford preview tomorrow before it goes to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Full details here...

added 11 August 2019

SALFORD SCHOOL UNIFORM RECYCLE GROUP STARTS ON FACEBOOK

Star date: 10th August 2019

FREE SALFORD SCHOOL UNIFORMS

A Salford Schools Uniform Recycle group has been created on Facebook where uniforms in good condition can be posted and picked up by other families...

"Parents share what they no longer need and parents in need can request and arrange to collect" says Michelle Whittaker who started the group "It's a great example of community spirit and families helping each other."

Full details here...

added 10 August 2019

SALFORD TEDDY BEAR PICNIC TO CELEBRATE OUTSTANDING NURSERIES

Star date: 9th August 2019

BUILE HILL BANQUETING SUITE SEES TEDDY BEAR'S PICNIC

Teddy Bear's Picnic
Saturday 10th August 1pm-3pm
Buile Hill Banqueting Hall free

Tomorrow sees a Teddy Bear's Picnic at Buile Hill Banqueting Hall to celebrate Salford's outstanding nurseries, complete with a treasure hunt, face painting and a barbeque. It's free and everyone's welcome.

Full details here...

added 09 August 2019

TEN YEARS AFTER LANGWORTHY COMMUNITY KICKED OUT, CROFTS TO BE DEVELOPED FOR HOUSING

Star date: 9th August 2019

POSSIBLE 149 PROPERTIES TO BE BUILT ON SEEDLEY AND LANGWORTHY CROFTS

Around ten years after the community of Seedley and Langworthy had their homes demolished by Salford City Council, it looks like there may be 149 properties built on the sites covering the old Nansen Street and Harmsworth Street, and Southern Street opposite the Ashley Brook pub.

Next week the Council will meet ot decide whether to accept a developer's offer for the two sites, which could be worth over £4million.

Full details here...

added 09 August 2019

SAVE SWINTON PARK GOLF CLUB CAMPAIGNERS BELIEVE SALE HAS BEEN PUT ON ICE

Star date: 8th August 2019

BELLWAY HOMES ENTHUSIASM FOR GOLF CLUB SALE 'ARRESTED'

At another packed public meeting of the Save Swinton Golf Club campaign last night, it was announced that the £30million purchase of the site by Bellway Homes might have been stopped while ongoing issues are resolved.

"We understand that Bellway Homes has put on ice its purchase of the golf club" said David Marsh of the campaign, urging people to carry on fighting the potential destruction of green space for 1,000 houses.

Full details here...

added 08 August 2019

THE KINGS ARMS SALFORD SEES THREE NIGHT COMMUNITY CHAOS COMEDY

Star date: 8th August 2019

FEEL-GOOD MULTI-CULTURAL COMEDY

The Community Centre
Thursday 8th – Saturday 10th August
Kings Arms 7:30pm £15

The Community Centre, which opens tonight at the Kings Arms for three shows, is described as an 'original, diverse, feel-good, laugh a minute comedy show' centred around life in a community centre...with some huge digs at Theresa May and Boris Johnson en route.

Full details here...

added 08 August 2019

OLD CUSSONS SITE IN LOWER KERSAL TO GET 40% ‘AFFORDABLE’ HOUSING

Star date: 7th August 2019

CUSSONS SITE, OFFICIALLY IN BURY, GETS 40% AFFORDABLE HOUSING

The site of the old Cussons factory on Kersal Vale Road is to house 109 new properties, 40% of which will be defined as 'affordable housing'.

While many believe the site is in Salford, it's actually just over the boundary in Bury...which beggars the question as to why Bury Council can insist on 40% affordable housing – and get it – while Salford City Council lags behind.

Full details here...

added 07 August 2019

DREAM SALFORD JOB ON OFFER AS A MASCOT HANDLER

Star date: 6th August 2019

HANDLING DALEKS, PAW PATROL CHARACTERS AND MORE

Salford company, Pawfect Mascot Parties, has a dream job on offer as a Mascot Handler paying between £15 and £25 per hour. Duties include looking after characters like Marshall and Chase from PAW Patrol, Cybermen and Daleks...

"As heroic as they are on screen, in real life, they can only do so much to ensure their own safety as well as others" says Connor Watson from Pawfect Mascots. Applicants must have 'fun personality' but must also be efficient.

Full details here...

added 06 August 2019

DIRTY OLD TOWN RE-WORKED TO SAVE SWINTON PARK GOLF CLUB

Star date: 5th August 2019

PETITION ALMOST AT 3,000 SIGNATURES AS SAVE SWINTON PARK GOLF CLUB CAMPAIGN STRIKES OUT

Save Swinton Park Golf Club Public Meeting
Wednesday 7th August 7pm
St Lukes RC Church

As the Save Swinton Park Golf Club campaign prepares to hold its third public meeting this Wednesday, its petition has almost three thousand signatures, and there's a new campaign song with a re-working of Dirty Old Town...'Dark clouds are forming over velvet greens/Greed is prowling to remove our trees...Going back in time/To Dirty Old Town...'

Full details here...

added 05 August 2019

PETERLOO MARCH FOR DEMOCRACY FROM SALFORD

Star date: 5th August 2019

PETERLOO SALFORD MARCH 18TH AUGUST

Following a Peterloo Now! march on Saturday 17th August, there's a March for Democracy march and rally on Sunday 18th August organised by Greater Manchester Trades Union Councils, with two Salford rallying points.

Full details here...

added 05 August 2019

SALFORD PREPARES FOR TWO PETERLOO ANNIVERSARY MARCHES

Star date: 5th August 2019

POLITICAL SPLITS SEE TWO SALFORD PETERLOO MARCHES

Politics v Heritage has seen a split in the Peterloo Massacre anniversary commemorations with two events being held over two days, and two separate Salford marches.

Saturday 17th August will see an official Peterloo Now! march from Eccles and Salford, which is more about commemorating the heritage of the massacre, while Sunday 18th August will see a March For Democracy organised by Greater Manchester Trades Union Councils with political banners on display. Here we preview the Salford and Eccles March on 17th August

Full details here...

added 05 August 2019

MY SALFORD POEMS BY SIMON WILLIAMS

Star date: 4th August 2019

SALFORD POEMS FROM THE HEART

A new book of almost forty poems by Salford writer Simon Williams has hit the shelves. My Salford: Poems From The Heart features rhymes of regeneration, 'pretty girls in pyjamas' and The Willows...

Full details here...

added 04 August 2019

THE MAKING OF SHELAGH DELANEY AT SALFORD WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT LIBRARY

Star date: 4th August 2019

SHELAGH DELANEY AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY

Tastes of Honey: The Making of Shelagh Delaney and a Cultural Revolution
Wednesday 18th September 2pm-4pm free
Working Class Movement Library

In September a new authorised biography of Shelagh Delaney by Selina Todd will be launched, and on the 18th, at the Working Class Movement Library, the author will be talking about Delaney's upbringing, life and work.

Full details here...

added 04 August 2019

SALFORD STAR T-SHIRTS AND HOODIES LAST REMAINING STOCK

Star date: 3rd August 2019

HOODIES, T-SHIRTS AND SWEATSHIRTS

The Salford Star is selling its last batch of remaining stock, which includes hoodies, sweatshirts and t-shirts in various sizes. They are being sold on a first come, first serve basis, so just email us with your choice.

Full details here...

added 03 August 2019

SALFORD CITY COUNCIL AGREES £7.6MILLION SUBSIDY FOR ‘LUXURY’ HOMES ON CHAPEL STREET

Star date: 2nd August 2019

'LUXURY' APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOUSES ON CHAPEL STREET GET £7.6MILLION

167 'luxury' apartments and eleven townhouses being built by English Cities Fund, on Chapel Street, and being marketed as Atelier Homes, are to receive a total of over £7.6million in subsidies, Salford City Council has agreed.

The plot of land includes Mo's convenience store, from which he is being forced out in September.

Full details here...

added 02 August 2019

SALFORD JOINS STOP UNIVERSAL CREDIT DAY OF ACTION

Star date: 1st August 2019

SALFORD PRECINCT SEES UNIVERSAL CREDIT PROTEST

This afternoon, a Unite the Union Community Branch convoy arrived at Salford Precinct as part of the national Stop Universal Credit Day of Action... "It should be stopped because it's causing misery" said Jan Pritchard of Unite Community.

Lots of people signed the petitions, took postcards for MPs and a brochure on How To Survive Universal Credit. Meanwhile, in Manchester, Disabled People Against Cuts held another demo in St Peter's Square.

Full details here...

added 01 August 2019

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