Liz Truss has vowed to 'consult the people of Leigh ' over proposals for the town to break away from the control of Wigan council. The Tory leadership front-runner was questioned about 'Lexit', as the move's been dubbed, at a hustings in Leigh last night.
With thousands in Greater Manchester living in poverty we warn Sunak and Truss: Don't turn your back on the North
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“They know mum might go without her tea to make sure they have something.” That’s the reality for children in Greater Manchester.
Headteacher Steve Marsland says he hears stories like this from young pupils all the time. "This summer is going to tip so many families living on the breadline over the edge,” the head at Russell Scott Primary School, in Denton, says.
And is it any wonder in Greater Manchester - a region where one in four children are living in poverty?
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In Manchester that statistic is even worse with almost half - 42 percent - in poverty.
For their parents, it’s a daily struggle.
In Wythenshawe, one mum struggled so much to make ends meet - despite working at a shop five days a week and at a pub on Friday and Saturday evenings - that she had to light candles after running out of electricity.
The following day she spent £10 of her last £14 on electricity and the rest on dinner. But the pizza burnt in the oven while she helped her son with his homework.
Her local councillor told a meeting : "She told me how she sat on the kitchen floor and cried uncontrollably, so angry with herself that she couldn't do more and so frustrated that despite all of her hard work she was left in this position."
In the first days of his premiership, Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a major speech promising affordable housing, public services to support families and help the most vulnerable, and a boost for culture. He also promised to tackle crime and to improve connectivity between northern cities.
But despite those pledges, things have got much worse in the years since he took to the podium at the Museum of Science
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