There is nowhere in the UK where the cost of renting has increased as much as in Bolton
“It’s sad that it’s got a reputation in certain parts of Bolton, a very undeserved reputation”
The council’s masterplan envisages adding accommodation for 5,000 people to the town centre
The recent by-election in Rochdale, won not by Labour or Conservative but George Galloway, raised questions about whether the Gaza vote could impact broader election outcomes
Bolton West is the Conservatives’ most secure seat in Greater Manchester - but YouGov has them losing
All three seats in Bolton returned a Labour MP in the 2024 General Election
Conservatives have brandished migration fears as key to retaining Labour strongholds they won in 2019. But recent polling and interviews paint a more complex picture on migration - and while many voters are back to pre-Brexit positions, many are also saying they won't bother to vote in 2024 at all.
As cost-of-living becomes more deeply ingrained in our vocabulary, teachers are forced to go above and beyond to ensure kids can learn effectively
Bolton was quick to understand the need to get vaccines out to communities as well as getting people to come to clinics - but now the town needs answers from the COVID Inquiry
Levelling Up was a key part of the Conservative manifesto in 2019 - but spending increasingly limited funds to even compete for investment can be problematic
The UK’s first drug checking service will prove invaluable in protecting people from drug-related harms.
There are now hundreds of thousands of adoptees and their family members lacking vital health history.
A Nepalese mother was arrested in an NHS hospital because staff mistook a common birthmark for child abuse. Structural racism in medicine needs to end, and only structural upheaval can end it.
The killer virus that thrived on health inequalities flourished in Tory-led Britain.
A few years back, the narrative was that we didn’t have enough doctors; now, we have doctors out of work. Meanwhile, there is a plan to boost the physician associate workforce from 1,000 to 10,000 in a matter of years.
There are many success stories to come from Accrington Stanley Women - a club that still operates independently from the men's team
Women and children are choosing to be reunited with their families in a war zone rather than be without them in the safety of the UK.
"Unusually I have been undertaking this whilst bringing my 4-month old son Elijah with me..."
Splits on Labour’s left flank could spell trouble for the government.
The issue of digital exclusion is growing in Altrincham and the wider UK - despite the area not having the highest levels of deprivation in Greater Manchester.