Greater Manchester has fought for more power - but there's a catch to what Westminster is offering

Manchester Evening News - Oct 29, 2026

The Budget promises to give Greater Manchester greater control over its own financial future. But will the new powers help spread prosperity beyond Manchester city centre, or simply reward the places that are already thriving?

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M62 traffic LIVE with major delays after crash and emergency services on scene

Labour desperately backpedals on Chancellor's vow to bring down benefits bill before election - amid outcry at failure to act in Budget

Labour 'faces £28BILLION of spending cuts, tax hikes or more borrowing' by 2030 after Healey dodged decisions on defence and departmental budgets

Greater Manchester has fought for more power - but there's a catch to what Westminster is offering

Households face being £1,050 a year worse off by 2029 as they are hammered by energy crisis and Labour tax raids

Everything going up or down in price after Andy Burnham government's first Budget

Worse off under Burnham: The middle-earners and families struggling with bills who face a fall in living standards under Labour's 'is that it?' Budget

At least something is going down fast! Chancellor Healey necks a pint hours after tax-raising Budget that hit strivers

Mum 'lucky to be alive' after being hit by falling tree during Storm Boelo

Slaughtered on the platform: 13 rail passengers are killed in Russian drone strike on Ukrainian train as Zelensky calls for US action

'I don't think anyone in the Labour government is financially literate': Voters give their verdict on John Healey's 'is that it?' Budget

J .Cole turns Co-Op Live Manchester into Fayetville North Carolina

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