Manchester’s leaders facing staff backlash over sexual misconduct
Inside a hastily-organised video call with 2,500 council staff
Jack Dulhanty
Jack joined The Mill in 2022 and writes about the city’s people, from crane drivers and butchers to its leading planners and decision-makers. He was nominated for the 2025 Paul Foot Award.
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What it takes to save a community lifeline
'I think they just thought we’d calm down and do a petition'
Exclusive: Senior council officials engaged in ‘sleazy’ behaviour towards young female staff
Confidential report tells how an awards ceremony descended into bar-hopping and sexual misconduct
Are the Piccadilly Gardens redesigns repeating past mistakes?
‘I hope they manage expectations that there is going to be a big-bang solution’
Bad bets: How Manchester Pride gambled on scale - and lost
Insiders blame ‘reckless spending decisions’ and a board who lost control of one of the city’s biggest events
Two Terrorists: How should Manchester decipher Jihad Al-Shamie and Salman Abedi?
‘I can’t help but see the links’
On their holiest day, Manchester’s Jews face their ‘darkest of moments’
Amid fasting and prayer, terror comes to Crumpsall
A death on the streets of Withington
On Monday afternoon a homeless man died on the pavement outside a corner shop - who was he?
Is it time for Andy Burnham MP?
Angela Rayner’s struggles mean a Burnham return to Westminster is even more likely. But could it let Reform into Greater Manchester?
How student accommodation in Manchester became a luxury industry
An influx of international students and a move to aspirational living has students swapping cheap suburbs for city centre high rises
Digging into Manchester: What lies beneath our feet?
The city region’s expanding population needs an underground network. But when it comes to digging, rocks are destiny
A dead end in Nigeria: The elusive consultant in a £1 million university deal
Plus: Who killed New Islington’s Father Swan?
An Egyptologist digs for signs of life
'They always want to talk about lost cities. In reality, most cities were never lost.'
A good day to be a Mancunian duck - Castlefield's sky park is expanding
Plus: Andy Burnham reveals his 120-page plan for the future of the city