Council to set balanced budget despite challenges
Manchester City Council’s Executive will consider budget proposals for 2024/25 when it meets on Wednesday 14 February.
Manchester City Council’s Executive will consider budget proposals for 2024/25 when it meets on Wednesday 14 February.
The number of employers paying the real Living Wage has increased by more than half a year on from Manchester receiving the initial Living Wage City accreditation.
In an open letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer, Cllr Craig sets out the financial pressures facing the Council - and the wider local government sector - and urges measures to address them:
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Windrush there is an array of events taking place across the city to remember the Windrush community and celebrate their legacy.
Manchester’s homelessness figures have improved significantly, with numbers in temporary accommodation (including B&Bs) and sleeping on the streets both falling.
Manchester is to play host to a prestigious international convention for the performing arts this summer, which will see hundreds of professionals working globally in the sector descend on the city for the three-day conference in June.
Today (Thursday 1 December 2022) marks a year to the day since Cllr Bev Craig became leader of Manchester City Council.
A consultation has opened on Manchester City Council’s budget for the next financial year, from 1 April 2023 to 31 March.
The challenging financial position facing the Council and proposed savings to close the budget gap are outlined in a series of reports to council committees this month (November 2022.)
Manchester is the only UK city to be recognised
Manchester featured in all three of Time Out's global listing stories as a city that people should visit.
Councillors in Manchester have unanimously agreed to put young people who are in care and care-experienced people of all ages at the forefront of policies and decision-making in the city.
Manchester will celebrate receiving recognition from the Living Wage Foundation for its plan to make a Living Wage City at a meeting of the full Council this week (Weds 5 October).
An update report on the Our Town Hall project sets out both the excellent progress which has been made so far and the ongoing challenges faced.
A report on Factory International, Manchester’s new landmark cultural space, provides a detailed update on the project, including its budget challenges.
Manchester will host range of events this week in tribute to the Queen – culminating in the state funeral next Monday (19 September).
Councillor Donna Ludford has today – Wednesday 18 May - taken up the chains of office as the new Lord Mayor of Manchester.
The official countdown has begun to Manchester City Council local elections on Thursday 5 May 2022.
Almost £200m of funding has been put in place so far by the Council to help deliver on our ambitions to tackle climate change, it has been revealed.
The positive role of the Council’s spending power in creating opportunities for Manchester residents – adding what is known as ‘social value’ - will be under the spotlight at a conference this Friday.
The Leader of Manchester City Council has welcomed the announcement today (Thursday 3 February 2022) that the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is creating a new hub in the city.
The leader elect of the Council has stated Manchester’s determination to become an accredited Living Wage City next year.
Cllr Luthfur Rahman comments on the Windrush scandal.
Cultural leaders in Manchester are calling for a cultural venue re-think by government to allow venues to safely re-open when the city is put into Tier 3 next week.
Statement from Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council
In a touching gesture to children who have recently lost loved ones, community group Friends of Phillips Park Cemetery have set up a permanent feature where children can visit to grieve.