NWGP AGM and workshops

 

Saturday 29th January, 11.30am – 4pm, at Manchester Quaker Meeting House, Mount Street, M2 5NS. All Green Party members welcome.

 

The venue is about a 5-10 minute walk from Oxford Road train station. 

Enter postcode M2 5NS into www.streetmap.co.uk  for a printable map.

 

We’ve never had it so bad! Bank of England chief warns of biggest income squeeze on families since the 1920s

• Wages in 2011 to be no higher than in 2005
• As household bills rocketed, average salary rose by just 7.6% since 2007
• Cost of living ‘likely’ to keep on rising this year
  
• King: ‘Bank of England can’t wave a magic wand’

Families are being crippled by the biggest squeeze in their finances since the 1920s, the Bank of England’s governor has said.

Mervyn King painted a picture of the nightmare facing millions of ­workers because of the toxic combination of soaring inflation and pay freezes or paltry pay rises.

Source the Mail..