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Official account for Withington Ward Labour Party. Promoted by Withington Ward Labour Party at Unit 1a, Bee Hive Mill, Jersey Street, Ancoats M4 6JG.
Manchester, England
Joined October 2015
Statement from the Withington Labour councillors following recent national events. β€΅οΈ Details on reporting hate crime here: https://t.co/YtA8kH4kwh If you are scared or need help for you or your community, please email community@manchester.gov.uk.
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Earlier this month, I joined other Manchester MPs in writing to the government asking to confirm a substantial uplift in funding for our Council. Iβm pleased a very positive financial settlement has been announced for Manchester City Council.
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Day 18 ππΉπ: Weβve given tens of millions of investment into tackling both the root cause of homeless and supporting people when they face crisis. Weβve ended the use of bed and breakfast for families, opened even more high quality accommodation, built record numbers of
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Day 17 πΉππ: The Tories & Lib Dems in Government disproportionately cut funding to Manchester, and other poor Northern cities and towns. We saw almost Β£500m cut from our budgets. Today the Labour Government has announced that they will fund communities on the basis of need.
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I joined our Withington Councillors to celebrate the opening of Southway Housingβs new homes at Makers Court. The development has transformed a brownfield site into 24 new apartments for social rent.
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Sunny day campaigning in Withington with @JeffSmithetc and the @McrLabour team. Lots of casework picked up and support from residents for Labour too.πΉ Great to see the new 24 homes for social rent on Francis Road built by @SouthwayHousing that residents are very pleased with.π‘
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What difference does a Labour Government make? Restoring the link to need and deprivation local council funding will see the biggest boost since 2010 to Manchesters budget. ππΌ https://t.co/ppIVKNXmBY
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
But it is assumed council tax will still go up.
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Labour is delivering on our mission of tackling child poverty:
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β’ Labourβs historic Child Poverty Strategy to lift 550,000 children out of poverty β delivering the largest reduction in child poverty in one Parliament since records began β’ As part of this 1,520 β¦
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I have joined other Manchester MPs in writing to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, to ask that the Government delivers a fair and substantial uplift in funding for MCC as part of the upcoming Local Government Finance Settlement.
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Day SevenππΉπ: This week the government has launched a new strategy that aims to lift over half a million children out of poverty &will deliver the largest reduction in child poverty since records began. Thatβs 10s of thousands of mcr kids #mcrlabour24daysofxmas
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Our @McrLabour councillors are out engaging with their local residents across the constituency throughout the year, in all weathers!βοΈ Good campaign sessions this weekend and lots of community Christmas events too.π
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Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday, a chance to celebrate all the brilliant independent and local businesses in south Manchester. If you can, show your support this weekend and shop local.
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Labour is expanding the Warm Home Discount to provide vital cost of living support for low-income households and pensioners across the country. In the North-West 280,000 more households will benefit.
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Day FourππΉπ: Thanks to investment by the Labour Government, Greater Manchester Police will have an extra 82 neighbourhood police officers across Manchester. Manchester Labour will always strive to keep Manchester a safe and welcoming place to live ππ¨ #mcrlabour24daysofxmas
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Day TwoπΉππ: Manchester is the best Christmas City with our fun, free festive events!! This Sunday 7th December the Manchester Christmas Parade will take place- swipe across for more detailsπ
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2025 - What a year itβs been. This December we will be sharing the highlights of all things fantastic about Manchester this year. First up - An Outstanding Ofsted for Children's Services! πΉππ Manchester is the first council in the north west to get awarded outstanding. Every
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Despite the wet weather, our teams were out campaigning in both East and West Didsbury today. Good to be out and about updating all our residents on all that @McrLabour and @JeffSmithetc are doing for our local communities.πΉ
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Labourβs budget delivers for people in Manchester Withington. π· Average Β£150 off energy bills π Frozen prescription charges π Higher minimum wage & state pension up by 4.8% π Frozen train fares πΆ 1,410 children in Manchester Withington to be lifted out of poverty by Labour
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This Labour governmentβs removal of the two-child limit will lift 450,000 children out of poverty, rising to around 550,000 alongside other measures announced this year, such as the expansion of free school meals.
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