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A 'red wall' Rochdale MP is standing down at the next election — only a few years after being voted in.

Labour has picked Rochdale councillor Elsie Blundell to fight the fallen ‘red wall’ seat of Heywood and Middleton at the next general election. Coun Blundell, who represents Balderstone and Kirkholt, was confirmed as the party’s parliamentary candidate following a hustings and a vote of local members.

Liz Truss has been announced as the new Prime Minister of the UK, beating former Chancellor Rishi Sunak. The election was announced after Boris Johnson announced his resignation just under two months ago.

A Manchester MP has caused a stir on Twitter over the message her t-shirt carried in the city's Pride parade. Lucy Powell was one of a large contingent of Labour Party members who took part in the parade yesterday to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.

Heywood is in the running to become home of Great British Railways. The new public body will bring together track and train in a ‘once in a generation’ reform marking the end of a quarter century of fragmentation.

Working class town Heywood helped turn the northern Labour red wall Conservative blue at the last election.

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direct to your inboxConcerns have been raised over the funding of children’s services in Rochdale after a council-run home received a damning inspection report.Ofsted found at-risk youngsters were regularly going missing from the facility and has stopped it from taking on any more children until the necessary improvements are made.The home cannot be named for safeguarding reasons.Heywood and Middleton MP Chris Clarkson has since called on the authority to ‘work night and day’ to ensure the

Angela Rayner has apologised after she was accused of calling a Tory MP "scum" during a fiery Commons debate. Conservative MP Chris Clarkson said the insult was hurled at him after he insinuated that members of the shadow front bench believe the pandemic is a "good crisis" to exploit.