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A quick note from Joshi
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An editor's note from Joshi
The very reluctant rise of Paul Dennett
The left-wing leader of Salford may well be the successor to Andy Burnham. But he sounds nothing like the current mayor
It's Europe's most successful new neighbourhood. So why is there so much tension?
New Islington has great sourdough and thousands of happy residents - but some people from the 'real Ancoats' feel like they are being looked down on
London knows best: How the dead hand of Whitehall strangled Britain
‘The centre has not delivered' admits Labour, while The Economist calls for the government to 'Free the North'. But does anyone have the courage to end the capital's disastrous hoarding of power?
Exclusive: Council investigating 'serious allegations' about the companies housing Manchester's homeless
We posed as landlords to find out how firms making millions from 'temporary accommodation' are operating
The story of Manchester's 'foreign secretary', this city's terrible cafes, and what real levelling up would mean
An editor's edition, for a change, featuring an interview with Mike Emmerich and lots of other little bits
Johnson's gone. Will 'levelling up' be the next to go?
Plus, searching for the art of Australia's Stolen Generations of Aboriginal children
Brutal layoffs and a cancelled show — inside the Royal Exchange's summer of discontent
We've spent weeks speaking to people about what's going on at Manchester's premier theatre
The paranoid style in Oldham politics
How Raja Miah is harnessing a town’s racial resentments for his own ends
A surreal headline - and why we need your help
An editor's note
A community consoles itself and prepares for worse news to come
'Now I also feel for my relatives and friends who fight. And I left them'
The man who ran Manchester
He's one of Britain’s most influential politicians this century, and yet most people have never heard of him. So who is Sir Richard Leese - and how did he lead a city for 25 years?
Tony Wilson gets the biography he wanted
After fourteen years, the 'greatest writer of his generation' delivers his magnum opus
Greater Manchester pledged to cut cancer deaths. Then the promise disappeared
We investigate missed targets and a stuttering start to health devolution
As Oldham's political crisis deepens, police arrest online activist Raja Miah
'This is a fight for us against those who would groom, gang rape and traffic our children'