Manchester

Manchester

City in Greater Manchester, England

Manchester is a city in North West England, at the centre of the eponymous county of Greater Manchester. It had a population of over 589,000 in 2024. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million.

Also known as...Manchester, England, Manchester, UK, Cottonopolis, Warehouse City, Madchester, Capital of the North, and Manchester, Lancashire
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Burnham's First Week: VAT Cut and Devolution

Burnham's First Week: VAT Cut and Devolution In his first week as PM, Andy Burnham cut VAT on energy bills and opened a second Downing Street office in Manchester.