Arif Ansari
All posts on "North by North West" by Arif Ansari
- North by North West - the final post - 10:53 UK time, Monday, 11 April 2011
- A warning on how much universities will charge students - 18:19 UK time, Friday, 1 April 2011
- Is it time to cut the number of councillors in local government? - 18:35 UK time, Thursday, 24 February 2011
- Directly elected mayors for Liverpool and Manchester - 11:22 UK time, Friday, 11 February 2011
- Conservative council leader joins criticism of the cuts - 13:10 UK time, Monday, 31 January 2011
- The battle for fourth place in the Oldham by-election - 18:49 UK time, Tuesday, 4 January 2011
- What is happening to the Tory campaign in Oldham East? - 13:59 UK time, Monday, 20 December 2010
- Senior Lib Dem asks Nick Clegg to rein in "Laurel and Hardy" - 19:31 UK time, Friday, 17 December 2010
- Date for Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election is set - 11:03 UK time, Thursday, 16 December 2010
- Labour selects its shortlist for Oldham East and Saddleworth - 15:55 UK time, Saturday, 11 December 2010
- Labour prepares for the Oldham East and Saddleworth election - 16:28 UK time, Tuesday, 7 December 2010
- Phil Woolas and the outcome of the judicial review - 10:32 UK time, Tuesday, 7 December 2010
- Oldham East and Saddleworth's 'phoney war' - 11:16 UK time, Monday, 29 November 2010
- Threat was not to Phil Woolas says the "Fun Loving Radical" - 19:00 UK time, Friday, 19 November 2010
- Six Liberal Democrat councillors defect in Rochdale - 18:48 UK time, Friday, 19 November 2010
- Former MP Phil Woolas makes the case for judicial review - 13:15 UK time, Thursday, 18 November 2010
- Preston gets go-ahead for 'vital' Tithebarn development - 16:59 UK time, Wednesday, 17 November 2010
- How will Local Enterprise Partnerships create jobs? - 12:22 UK time, Friday, 29 October 2010
- Liverpool more vulnerable than Cheshire in Spending Review - 18:52 UK time, Monday, 18 October 2010
- The challenge ahead for Phil Woolas - 12:12 UK time, Friday, 15 October 2010
- Conservative conference and a new bridge for the Mersey - 12:40 UK time, Wednesday, 29 September 2010
- If Andy Burnham reformed the system, Ed would not be leader - 16:09 UK time, Sunday, 26 September 2010
- Liberal Democrat conference is lively in Liverpool - 09:07 UK time, Tuesday, 21 September 2010
- Election Court Day Three: The final witnesses - 09:04 UK time, Thursday, 16 September 2010
- Election Court Day Two: Phil Woolas gives evidence - 08:46 UK time, Wednesday, 15 September 2010
- Oldham East and Saddleworth Election Court: Day One - 08:17 UK time, Tuesday, 14 September 2010
- Council defections as budget cuts bite - 16:31 UK time, Thursday, 9 September 2010
- Election Court prepares to hear the case against Phil Woolas MP - 11:45 UK time, Thursday, 22 July 2010
- Peter Mandelson explains what happened to Gordon Brown during Bigotgate - 11:05 UK time, Thursday, 22 July 2010
- Cameron's plans for a Manchester Mayor - 14:42 UK time, Friday, 16 July 2010
- Court hearing 'inevitable' in Oldham East and Saddleworth election challenge - 08:57 UK time, Thursday, 1 July 2010
- Andy Burnham scrapes into Labour leadership race - 11:20 UK time, Thursday, 10 June 2010
- Oldham East and Saddleworth - back to the ballot box? - 09:38 UK time, Friday, 4 June 2010
- Government spending - green or amber lights? - 11:44 UK time, Tuesday, 1 June 2010
- Voters locked out of North West polling stations - 14:22 UK time, Friday, 7 May 2010
- Oldham East and Saddleworth - 18:53 UK time, Tuesday, 27 April 2010
- Ken Clarke on the election campaign trail in Warrington - 13:26 UK time, Wednesday, 21 April 2010
- Ellesmere Port - Labour fires up the Astra - 19:23 UK time, Sunday, 18 April 2010
- World's Eye on Manchester and Mandelson - 14:38 UK time, Friday, 16 April 2010
- Chester and election boundary changes - 11:15 UK time, Monday, 12 April 2010
- Blackpool North and Cleveleys - 11:31 UK time, Wednesday, 17 March 2010
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If you're interested in political issues in the North West, this could be the blog for you. I'm Arif Ansari the BBC's political editor in the region, covering controversy from Cheshire to South Cumbria.