Last up is Andy Burnham. Mikel Arteta is Everton’s best player, he says, and he can’t get into the Spain team, so “I think it will be Spain”.
Did I ever mention that we are the fastest-growing city-region in the UK? 😂 Tremendous piece by Simon Kelner in the @theipaper.com. 👏🏻
Opinion | The renewal of Manchester should be enough to make you feel optimistic 🖋️ by Simon Kelner Read more: trib.al/WXX8MjK
Andy Burnham says homeless armed forces veterans are to get ‘fast tracked’ to the Bed Every Night progamme in Wigan | Chris Gee
Andy Burnham: Nobody who served our country should be sleeping rough
Andy Burnham says homeless armed forces veterans are to get ‘fast tracked’ to the Bed Every Night progamme in Wigan
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We have always said we will not know the whole truth about Hillsborough until we know the truth about Orgreave. Same police force. Same tactics. Five years earlier. We are grateful to the Government for delivering on its manifesto promise. 🙏🏻
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo agoGovernment announces formal start of official Orgreave inquiry to bring justice for miners
Some good news: we will soon restore a night bus service to all 10 boroughs in GM. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Night buses will run to every Greater Manchester borough as Bee Network expands
Changes revealed by Andy Burnham to support night-time economy follow rapid growth in ridership
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Super to be invited to the GM Good Growth event today. Huge buzz about devolution, the importance of social purpose, and how GM is 'doing things differently' with a blended approach to investment across the city-region. Lots of great speakers incl. @andyburnham.bsky.social @bevcraig.bsky.social.
A major vote of confidence in Ballymena manufacturing. Mayor Andy Burnham has confirmed a new order for 55 electric buses from Wrightbus as Greater Manchester accelerates plans for a fully electric fleet. More below!
Andy Burnham confirms 55 electric bus order during visit at Ballymena’s Wrightbus
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham confirms order for 55 electric buses from Ballymena manufacturer Wrightbus during factory visit.
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Tomorrow we lift the 9.30am restriction on bus passes, letting older and disabled people travel whenever they want. It was good to thank the GM Older and Disabled People’s Panels for pushing for it. A positive change powered by the people - exactly how politics should work! 🙌🏻
By this time next week, we will have removed the 9.30am restriction on older and disabled people’s bus passes - for good.
ANDY BURNHAM: 'Gorton and Denton by-election is pivotal - don't let Reform poison in' www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'By-election is defining moment in UK politics - don't let Reform poison in'
Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham sees the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election as a pivotal moment in British politics, he has shared his message for voters with the Mirror
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So good to see this recognition of what’s happening in GM.👇🏻 It’s based on 🐝 setting high, long-term ambitions & sticking to them 🐝 strong partnership between public, private and other sectors 🐝 collaborative ‘place-first’ politics And we’re only getting started! 💪🏻
Could Manchester be a model for the UK to kickstart growth?
With an annual growth rate of 3.1%, Manchester's economy has performed twice as well as that of the UK as a whole.
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Andy Burnham, Lucy Powell and Ed Milliband campaigning in Denton today with Labour’s by-election candidate Angeliki Stogia
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🚨Major conference🚨 We're publishing a new book – combining analysis and policy work with in-depth conversations to understand the needs of lower income families – and hosting a major conference to discuss, with keynote speeches from Andy Burnham and Ken Murphy. Register now➡️ buff.ly/2tG8LsY
Great to have @andyburnham.bsky.social out today giving his full backing to our brilliant candidate Angeliki Stogia for Gorton and Denton. Andy was clear - we are united against the division of Reform. He wants people to vote Labour to keep them out of Manchester.
One month today, GM will have lifted the 9.30am restriction on older and disabled people’s bus passes - permanently. We continue to work relentlessly to improve the lives of our residents! 💪🏻🐝
Big congrats Angeliki! I know you will do a great job. I will be there for you whenever you need me.🤞🏻💪🏻
My January salary donation to our A Bed Every Night scheme. This year, I will be calling on the Government to make this a national approach. GM can’t fix rough sleeping on its own. Newly-arrived or otherwise, no one should have to spend one night on Britain’s streets in 2026.
Given the weekend I’ve had it feels very much like a Dominic Calvert-Lewin hat-trick is now incoming. 🤦🏻♂️😂
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us. To whoever becomes Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support in this fight and I will be there whenever you need me. 1/2
I have today written to the Chair of Labour’s National Executive Committee seeking permission to enter the selection process for a candidate for the forthcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. Read my letter here.👇🏻
"Britain has only ever been able to stand tall in the world, alongside partners, when it’s allowed all parts of the country to succeed." @mds49.bsky.social on @andyburnham.bsky.social speech at @uclpolicylab.bsky.social and @theifs.bsky.social. www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Manchesterism could revive Britain's fading grandeur
The towns and cities of the north and the Midlands were key to Britain's global success
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"When I was in Westminster, people didn't organise to get the best for their region. They spent all the time point-scoring." At @instituteforgovernment.org.uk conference, @andyburnham.bsky.social called for a new voting system that would promote a "place-first, not party-first" culture. We agree!
Andy Burnham spoke at the IFS with @uclpolicylab.bsky.social today where he championed devolution as the antidote to centralisation and privatisation, and argued a new politics was needed for a new economy to emerge, set in opposition to the new right who he said were architects of our malaise.
🤔 Are major constitutional reforms needed to deliver a more functional Britain❓ 🔴 🐝 Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham unveiled his thoughts at IfG conference this week... 👀 😲 Read here to see the changes he would make 👇 labourlist.org/2026/01/burn...
Burnham’s Britain: King of the North on how he would ‘rewire’ Westminster – LabourList
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has unveiled a radical approach to "rewire" Westminster and encourage greater cross-party collaboration. On a panel at the Institute for…
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A statement ahead of Monday’s debate in the Commons on the Hillsborough Law.
@andyburnham.bsky.social @lcrmayor.bsky.social what a fantastic book this is. Anyone who loves the north and is passionate about a more equal Britain should read it. Andy and Steve are brilliant
