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Plans to build a block of flats behind a social club in South Manchester have been given the green light despite concerns it would cause parking 'chaos'.

Calls to make council tax cheaper for some of the poorest Mancunians have been voted down. The Lib Dems' proposal to increase the maximum discount on council tax bills in Manchester from 82.5 pc to 85 pc has been rejected.

Major decisions on developments in Manchester have been made by the planning committee today (February 16). The meeting which lasted more than three and a half hours saw councillors debate some controversial proposals.

Plans to totally transform a landmark building in Manchester city centre have been given the go ahead. The Great Northern Warehouse will be redeveloped with the cinema scrapped, nearly 750 flats built and new office space created.

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Labour have been accused of breaking a 'long-standing' consensus at Manchester council by cutting allowances for opposition councillors. Councillors agreed to recommendations by an independent remuneration panel on Wednesday (May 18) including pay rises in line with town hall staff.

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said he aims to make the party a "major force" in Greater Manchester, as he identified Stockport as a "key" target in this week's local elections.

Another £62.3m of taxpayer's money will be loaned to a city centre developer building skyscrapers with luxury flats, taking the total awarded above £130m. Renaker will receive the loan from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) for its Three60 scheme next to the Mancunian Way.

A senior Manchester councillor has been cleared of ‘bullying’ the town hall’s opposition leader and bringing the authority into disrepute - but has been sanctioned for using council resources to make a laminated party political sign.

An 'ill-conceived' attempt to use council reserves to make more Manchester city centre toilets available on a 24-hour basis has been dismissed.

One of Manchester’s most senior councillors ‘bullied’ the town hall’s opposition leader, used council resources to make a laminated party political sign and brought the authority into disrepute during a row at last year’s budget meeting, an independent investigation has initially concluded.