When the heart stops for one beat it is desire, when it stops for one life time it is love

Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.

These are tough times and under this Tory-led government many people in Manchester are suffering and getting left behind. If elected I will use all my energy, skills, experience and knowledge to stand up for our communities and get things done for the better.

Today the demands are for even higher standards in the quality of care, for greater flexibility and convenience in treatment times, and for more prevention through screening and health checks.

It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS.

Connecting people to jobs and to each other is absolutely vital to a city's economy (and to the wider economy).

The cost of motoring is a massive issue at the moment, there's no question. The price of petrol goes up every time you go to the petrol station.