A year of culture for everyone. Celebrating and promoting what Stockport has to offer. This December, Stockport has been graced with the presence of a playful and mischievous Elf who’s been spreading ...
Britain experienced an extreme version of stagflation in the 1970s. In 1974 and 1975, the UK economy shrank by 2.5pc and then 1.5pc, while inflation hit 16pc and then 24.2pc. It was a decade when ...
The Congress-led Centre's dismissing of state governments decoupled elections in some states. However, it was Indira Gandhi's decision in 1970 that ended synchronised elections in India. Listen to ...
He contested Knutsford in 1970, then at the February 1974 election captured Stockport North from the sitting Conservative Idris Owen by 203 votes; he recalled this as “a bit of a shock”.