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June 20 2011, 9.43PM Inside the M60
Leech meets Spice Girl Halliwell for Strawberries and Tea
Withington’s MP John Leech joined Geri Halliwell for a special Strawberry Tea party in the House of Commons last week. Arranged by Breast Can...
May 12 2011, 7.39AM Inside the M60
Leech’s praise for Government action on landlords renting inefficient homes
Withington’s MP John Leech has applauded Chris Huhne for announcing an end to the scandalous misery of those who live in dangerously cold ren...
April 14 2011, 8.14AM Inside the M60
Under-fire Leech defends his position over unpaid interns
Lib Dem MP for Withington John Leech has defended his advertisement for an unpaid volunteer in the face of criticism after being at the centre of a...
April 6 2011, 1.07PM Inside the M60
Leech goes on attack against council plans to close Barlow Moor Library
Manchester Withington MP John Leech (Lib Dem) secured a debate yesterday at Westminster Hall to raise the issue of library provision in South Manch...
April 5 2011, 7.59AM Inside the M60
Scandal of NHS £20m spent on private operations in Manchester that may never have taken place
New figures show that in the last two years private hospitals in Greater Manchester have been paid a total of £41 million for carrying out operati...
March 4 2011, 8.24AM Inside the M60
All aboard with MP Leech and Talking Buses campaign
Withington MP John Leech is pledging his support to a campaign to make bus travel easier and safer for blind and partially sighted passengers. The ...
February 22 2011, 8.29AM Inside the M60
MP Leech confronted by angry anti-cuts campaigners
Lib Dem MP for Withington, John Leech, was confronted by furious anti-cuts campaigners at his weekly advice surgery in Chorlton on Friday. Constitu...
February 17 2011, 2.10PM Manchester MULE
Lobby of John Leech MP tomorrow February 18
Manchester Coalition Against Cuts will stage a lobby at the surgery of Lib Dem MP for Withington John Leech in order to raise attention to the seve...
February 7 2011, 7.40AM Inside the M60
Withington couple disappointed at broken Cameron disability pledge
A Withington couple struggling to care for their two disabled children at home have spoken out after saying prime minister David Cameron failed to ...
January 31 2011, 3.35PM Inside the M60
MP Leech launches local shop scheme
From outside his constituency office in Didsbury, Withington MP John Leech today launched a new scheme that encourages shoppers to spend their mo...
January 28 2011, 7.49AM Inside the M60
Leech: why I voted for an EMA rethink
Manchester Withington MP John Leech, as we reported last week, voted against the government in a motion calling on the coalition to have a rethink ...
January 21 2011, 7.45AM Inside the M60
EMA – Lib Dem Leech votes with Labour
Yesterday in parliament, John Leech MP (Lib Dem, Manchester Withington) voted for the Labour motion to rethink the Government’s decision to scrap...
January 14 2011, 6.50AM Inside the M60
Trade unionists react angrily to council job losses
The North West TUC has delivered its reaction to the announcement of the loss of 2,000 jobs at Manchester City Council. NWTUC Regional Secretary, A...
January 10 2011, 8.01AM Inside the M60
Withington’s MP John Leech on seven months on the government benches
Being on the government benches  has it’s advantages and it’s disadvantages says Manchester John Leech as he returns from the Christma...
December 9 2010, 3.54PM Inside the M60
Leech-â€I take no pleasure in voting against tuition fee plansâ€
With around two hours to go before the Commons Vote,John Leech MP for Manchester Withington today re-affirmed his pledge to vote against an increas...
December 9 2010, 7.34AM Inside the M60
Manchester’s students head for London to protest against tuition fees
After yesterday’s protests in Manchester, students will be heading for London ahead of today’s Common’s vote on tuition fees. Stu...
December 8 2010, 11.04AM Inside the M60
Students hit the streets to protest for third time
Students from the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, Salford University and local colleges are assembling to march once ...
December 1 2010, 10.40AM Inside the M60
I’m voting against tuition fees says Leech
Whilst other members of his party have yet to decide whether to vote or abstain on the issue,Withington’s MP John Leech has said he will be v...
November 17 2010, 7.57AM Inside the M60
More Manchester Academy schools on the way as Academy invitation goes out to all schools?
The government is attempting to accelerate the academies programme by opening up the scheme to all schools in England. Urmston Grammar School in Tr...
November 11 2010, 1.57PM Inside the M60
Lib-Dem AV campaign launches in Withington
Jihn Leech, Lib-Dem MP for Manchester Withington, and other party members in the constituency are launching a “Yes to AV†campaign tomorrow. Th...
November 9 2010, 3.36PM Inside the M60
Leech criticises Stringer over Woolas controversy
John Leech, Lib-Dem MP for Withington, has waded into the controversy over former MP Phil Woolas being stripped of his Oldham East and Saddleworth ...
November 9 2010, 10.40AM Inside the M60
Atherton and Leech to face the panel at Manchester Grammar school
Former pupils of Manchester Grammar school return this evening to face a Question time grilling from its current intake. Former England cricket cap...
November 1 2010, 1.04PM Inside the M60
Hulme by election interview-Grace Baynham Lib Dem candidate
Manchester’s voters get a first chance this Thursday to give their verdict on the new political landscape as the city council’s first w...
October 27 2010, 4.06PM Inside the M60
Leech fights for rare cancer sufferers
Manchester Withington MP John Leech is today tabling an adjournment debate in the House of Commons on rarer cancers focusing specially on myelodysp...
October 21 2010, 7.39AM Inside the M60
Spending review will help Manchester’s families says Leech
Withington’s Liberal Democrat MP John Leech says that yesterday’s Comprehensive Spending review will protect schools, the NHS and our c...
October 15 2010, 7.11AM Inside the M60
John Leech to face students tonight in Manchester
Withington’s Liberal Democrat MP John Leech will be talking this evening to students at the University of Manchester . The talk, for Liberal...
October 11 2010, 1.04PM Inside the M60
I will vote against any Tuition fee rise says Leech
Manchester Withington Lib Dem John Leech has confirmed that he will be voting against any Tuition Fee rises proposed as part of Lord Browne’s...
September 27 2010, 7.12AM Inside the M60
Which way will Ed turn on electoral reform ask Manchester’s Lib Dems
We note that Withington’s John Leech and the Liberal Democrats are asking the new leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband whether the method t...
September 24 2010, 6.56PM Inside the M60
Lib-Dem MP for Withington to address Labour fringe
John Leech, Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester Withington is set to address a major Labour Party fringe meeting at their forthcoming annual confere...
September 17 2010, 11.13AM Inside the M60
Leech lobbies Shapps over planning law changes
John Leech MP (Manchester Withington, Lib-Dem) has met with housing minister Grant Shapps to discuss his concerns about changes to planning laws th...
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