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Steeped in history but all too often overshadowed by its neighbour Manchester, Oldham is frequently cited in both local and national conversations about ‘levelling up’.

Westminster are wondering: is Carrie Johnson’s influence on Downing Street waning? Planned bans on foie gras and fur, which are thought to be Carrie’s main policy interests, were dropped shortly before the Queen’s speech, due to internal Tory arguments. Carrie was central to No 10 gatherings in the partygate scandal, for which she and the PM were fined by police. Some of her reported friends have left No 10 staff, including Spad Henry Newman.

The government's plans to provide equal opportunities across the UK have been made even more difficult by rising prices, according to Michael Gove.

The UK turns out way more hairdressers than it actually needs, former government Minister Lord David Sainsbury told an audience at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum this week. Not just a few more - but something like 50% more hairdressers than our economy requires. And at the same time, a lack of skilled workers in the technical areas prized by industry is putting off big companies from investing in cities like Manchester's. There are some 11,500 job vacancies in digital jobs across Greater Manchester and 54% of employers across the region cannot fill their job vacancies. Clearly something is going wrong in the way the city's education system provides young people with the skills they need for the world of work, with many further education (FE) colleges equipping them with qualifications that employers don't need and that don't serve the city's wider interests. The question is what to do about it. And at the Science and Industry Museum event there were growing calls for central government to hand control of the whole system of post-16 education over to local leaders like Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.

Leigh’s MP James Grundy has given a timeline for his Lexit proposal which he hopes to be ready to put forward before the next general election. Lexit is the name given to the plan for Leigh’s exit from the Wigan borough.

An Islamic State fanatic has been found guilty of murdering MP Sir David Amess at a constituency surgery in Essex. Ali Harbi Ali stabbed the politician to death in a Leigh-on-Sea church on October 15 last year.

Boris Johnson was accused of being a “threat to national security” following reports he was at a Tory party fundraising event on the night Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine.

The UK has launched its Homes for Ukraine scheme to help those who have been forced to escape the country following Russia's invasion.

Michael Gove has signalled he will work with Nicola Sturgeon to allow thousands of Ukraine refugees into the UK before they are matched with host families.

Boris Johnson should sack Priti Patel over her department's handling of the Ukrainian refugee crisis, the leader of the Liberal Democrats has said.

Scotland stands ready to take 3,000 Ukrainian refugees “as an immediate step”, Nicola Sturgeon has said as she called on the UK government to accelerate the numbers allowed into the country.

UK households which open up their homes to Ukrainian refugees will receive a “thank you” payment of £350 per month, the Government is expected to announce.

A major conference is being held today to debate the political future of the North of England under the Government’s levelling up plans.

The Government will ask the British public to open their homes to Ukrainians fleeing the fighting in their country amid continuing criticism of its response to the refugee crisis.

The government will ask the British public to open their homes to Ukrainians fleeing the war with Russian in their country.

Salford's mayor has called on the government to sanction Gazprom and to make it easier for councils to exclude the Russian gas firm from the usual contract tendering process.

Lisa Nandy has slammed the government's levelling up strategy, likening it to a feudal system in which the north has to go 'cap in hand to a group of masters' in Westminster 'who determine what happens in our own lives and our community'.

Levelling up secretary Michael Gove has cast aside traditional ‘trickle down’ economics in a keynote speech to northern leaders in Liverpool, arguing only state intervention can close the north-south divide.

It was among the Victorian heritage of Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry, two and a half years ago, that Boris Johnson first made the pitch.

Tenants in Britain are set to witness some big changes under new government plans.

The government has finally unveiled its plans to 'Level Up' the nation and narrow the north-south divide, but what will the strategy mean to people in the North of England?

Greater Manchester is set to be awarded millions of pounds to transform derelict brownfield sites into housing, the Government has announced.

Andy Burnham has said he is ‘open to any solution’ that might cut pollution to legal levels without jeopardising jobs - as the region is poised for further meetings with ministers on the controversial Clean Air Zone.

As cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus surge across the UK, some governments have effectively banned UK citizens from entering.

Michael Gove will today hold a four-nation Cobra meeting over concerns around the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus.

Angela Rayner’s son asked her to step down as an MP because of the number of threats she receives.

Lisa Nandy will take on Michael Gove in her new shadow cabinet role following a reshuffle of Labour’s front bench.

Suspending post-Brexit arrangements for Irish Sea trade would have “profound and deeply damaging consequences” for every part of the UK, Nicola Sturgeon has warned.

Michael Gove has attacked the SNP’s approach to devolution and claimed the Scottish Government’s aim was to “take power away from Scottish councils”.

Top Tory Michael Gove has been escorted away swiftly from a protest by police after he was approached by a group of demonstrators in London.