Students to have their say

Students and young people can grill parliamentary candidates about how they will help shape their future at a special hustings on Saturday.

The event for the Oldham West and Royton constituency is at the Primrose Bank Tenants Hall, on Primrose Bank, Oldham.

And the three main candidates have all been invited, said organiser Rezina Sarder, who is an economics and politics student at Manchester University.

Rezina (21) from Oldham, said: “All the three main candidates, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative, will be there and we hope Respect will also be represented.

“It is aimed at young people, we want the opportunity for them to have their say.”

Tories third in new poll

THE Lib-Dem surge is taking votes from the Conservatives pushing them into third place across the North-West, according to the latest regional poll by YouGov/Politics Home.

Labour lead across the region on 35 (down two points compared to last week), the Lib-Dems are second on 30 (up eight points) and the Tories are trailing on 29 (down five).

Other parties - the BNP, the independents, UKIP and the Green Party are on six (down one).

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