The leader of Tameside MBC survived a vote of no confidence at an extraordinary council meeting held yesterday. Eleanor Wills ...

Angela Rayner has hit out at fellow Tameside MP Andrew Gwynne over the 'disgusting' WhatsApp group he was involved in. The Deputy Prime Minister accused her long-time Labour colleague of 'allowing ...

Ged Cooney, who stood down as Tameside Council boss in October, said he had been suspended because he "reported the group" ...

The publication of messages from the group by the Daily Mail forced the resignation of Tameside MP Andrew Gwynne as public health minister. His wife Allison Gwynne is among the suspended councillors ...

He became an MP in July and was previously a Tameside councillor. Mr Ryan said he had been a member of the group between 2019 and 2022 and regretted not “speaking out at the time” over ...

The move comes after Andrew Gwynne was sacked as health minister at the weekend over messages posted in a WhatsApp group.

Tameside's political landscape has been rocked by scandal and in-party squabbles this week. But it's nothing new. With such a strong Labour majority in the borough, the biggest threat to the ...

Labour has suspended 11 councillors in Greater Manchester as part of an investigation into a WhatsApp group where offensive messages were shared. The group, revealed by the Mail on Sunday over the ...

Burnley MP Oliver Ryan was then suspended on Monday, saying earlier that he had made comments "which I deeply regret". It is understood that the suspensions – from Tameside and Stockport ...