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30th October 2024 | By Curtis Wilson
Andy Burnham’s promise to commuters to keep the £2 Bee Network fare cap despite national increaseAndy Burnham has pledged to keep his promise to maintain the £2 cap on bus fares on the Bee Network. It comes after in the...
21st October 2024 | By Evie Gledhill
Andy Burnham is helping young people find better career pathwaysImage Credit: Kyle Rozcniak “Young people growing up in Greater Manchester can see the skyscrapers of the city from their bedroom window, but they can’t...
5th May 2023 | By Ciara Reynolds
Andy Burnham: ‘Here I am in Poynton – the pinnacle of my DJ career’A ‘Dance for Change’ event took place on the 13th of April in Poynton, with Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham playing a DJ set for charity....
30th March 2023 | By Ciara Reynolds
Andy Burnham to DJ at Dance for change eventAndy Burnham is set to hit the decks of Poynton Sports Club at a Dance for Change event. The event is to raise money for...
18th January 2023 | By Jessica Smith
BBC Radio Manchester work alongside mayor Andy Burnham to support upcoming musicians in the cityGreater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham this week kickstarted a new program together with BBC Radio Manchester to help upcoming musicians in the city. The mayor will...
2nd February 2022 | By Olivia Weeks
Andy Burnham warns that north west risks ‘second-best train services for 200 years’The North risks having train services that are “second-best for 200 years”, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has claimed. Mr Burnham told MPs the Government’s Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) will fail to “unlock the full economic transformation” of the region. The IRP, published in November 2021, includes the scrapping of HS2’s eastern leg between the East Midlands and Leeds.
8th May 2021 | By Victoria Thiele
Andy Burnham re-elected as Greater Manchester Mayor on grim election day for LabourAndy Burnham has been re-elected as Greater Manchester Mayor with 67.3% of votes. He said in his speech after the count: “This vote sends a...
14th March 2021 | By Victoria Thiele
Andy Burnham speaks up for women’s safety during candle-lit vigil for Sarah EverardAndy Burnham read out stories of sexual assault survivors while Mancunians lit more than 100 candles to remember murdered Sarah Everard last night. Sarah Everard, 33,...
14th October 2020 | By Georgina Randall
Despite Mayor Andy Burnham’s efforts Manchester is placed under Tier Three lockdown restrictionsManchester has entered tier three of lockdown imminently as fears over increasing cases in the Greater Manchester area mount. Andy Burnham, Manchester’s Labour Mayor, spoke...
14th October 2020 | By Lucas Crossley
‘We will not accept Tier 3’: Andy Burnham rejects government’s new lockdown restrictionsAndy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, outlinined his fierce opposition to the government’s new three-tier system of lockdown restrictions today. At a virtual press conference...
15th January 2020 | By Imogen Campion
Andy Burnham: ‘A lot more needs to be done to win back trust on stop and search’A panel of professionals came together at Man Met last night to discuss the controversial use of stop and search by the police. Statistics suggest...
30th January 2018 | By Kieran Hepworth
‘The seeds of Brexit were sown in Westminster’: Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham speaks to MMU journalism studentsThe Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, joined Manchester Metropolitan University journalism students to discuss the Kerslake Review, media and politics. Burnham, whose first job...
30th January 2018 | By nq_admin
A conversation with Andy Burnham at Manchester Metropolitan UniversityLive Blog In conversation with Andy Burnham at Manchester Metropolitan University
23rd May 2017 | By Liz Hannaford
Andy Burnham: ‘City must stick together in face of terrorism’Andy Burnham, Greater Manchester Mayor, said that the city was united and people would not let the terrorists win. “I am proud of Manchester whose...
5th May 2017 | By nq_admin
Andy Burnham becomes Greater Manchester’s first mayorAndy Burnham has become the first ever directly elected mayor of Greater Manchester. Winning with 63% of the vote (359,392 votes), Burnham has claimed victory in...
25th April 2017 | By nq_admin
VIDEO: Andy Burnham Mayoral interviewAndy Burnham has taken an unusual approach to building his election manifesto. The Labour Party candidate for the Greater Manchester Mayoral elections has been asking...
13th October 2021 | By David Smith
NHS waiting lists will take two years to recover: Burnham says it is ‘critical moment for Manchester ‘Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says recovery in the region will take time but is looking to “level up coming out of the pandemic”. Mr...
2nd December 2018 | By Mia Abeyawardene
Burnham’s plan to end rough sleeping shows early signs of success but charities are lacking resourcesEarlier this year Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, announced a radical plan aiming to end rough sleeping by 2020. While this may have seemed...
19th February 2025 | By Leslie Kerwin
David Conn calls for ‘duty of candour’ for officials ahead of Hillsborough LawReporter of the year David Conn has called for a ‘duty of candour’ to be placed on police as campaigners call for a Hillsborough law...
4th February 2025 | By Edward Firman
Greater Manchester’s Clean Air Plan needs ‘more ambition’Manchester’s alternative Clean Air Plan ‘does not go far enough’ campaigners have said, after the government backed the controversial scheme. The government announced on Thursday its support for Andy Burnham’s £86 million investment into low-emission buses and taxis...