A public inquiry into the Government's handling and axing of the HS2 rail route to Manchester should be held, transport leaders in Greater Manchester have agreed.
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Climate activists from Greater Manchester have been staging protests outside a Labour MP's office for twelve weeks. In the run up to the party's conference which starts in Liverpool this weekend, the Green New Deal Rising campaigners have been holding weekly 'sit-outs' outside Angela Rayner's office in Ashton-under-Lyne - but they have so far failed to meet with Labour's deputy leader.
The group is calling for Labour to 'be bold' and adopt policies that tackle the climate crisis and cost of living crisis at the same time. The protests culminated in a nationwide day of action with 'sit-outs' outside the offices of every member of the shadow cabinet last Friday (September 29).
A member of the Greater Manchester group who lives in the Ashton-under-Lyne constituency has now been offered a meeting with Ms Rayner, according to campaigners. They expect to meet her in the next few months.
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It comes after Labour said it would honour the decision to approve a new licence to extract oil and gas from the Rosebank field in the North Sea if it wins the next general election, despite opposing the move. But the opposition party said it would ban any new licences in government.
As part of the 'Labour Be Bold' campaign, the protestors have called for the party to announce Green New Deal policies at the upcoming party conference, including expanding public ownership of key utilities, promising a Green Jobs Guarantee, creating a National Nature Service and using wealth taxes and taxes on fossil fuel companies and big corporations to pay for the increased investment in the UK.
A public inquiry into the Government's handling and axing of the HS2 rail route to Manchester should be held, transport leaders in Greater Manchester have agreed.
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Jewish leaders in Greater Manchester say they are working alongside police on security operations after Israel came under attack.
"I didn't know whether to run around jumping for joy or cry buckets."