Burnham says “this fight is not over” as government rejects £15m a month plan
Labour mayor Andy Burnham has declared that “this fight is not over” after the UK government rejected the…
Greater Manchester
A short, sharp, shock to turn back the clock on the Covid crisis
“A short, sharp, shock to turn back the clock, slow down the virus and buy us more time.”…
Labour shadow minister Yasmin Qureshi hospitalised with Covid
Yasmin Qureshi MP has been admitted to hospital and is being treated for pneumonia after contracting coronavirus along…
Local lockdown talks continue as UK heads for ‘bigger-than-80s’ challenge
The government is pushing on with its messy local lockdown plan, insisting that the national ‘circuit break’ idea…
Greater Manchester leaders issue joint statement opposing Tier 3 lockdown
The mayor of Greater Manchester, deputy mayors and all local leaders have issued a joint statement declaring their…
Labour mayors join TUC to launch ‘Time Out to Help Out’ campaign
The mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool city region have joined with the TUC to launch the…
WATCH: Free parking should continue through pandemic, says Burnham
Andy Burnham has said that free parking for NHS workers should continue “for the duration of the pandemic”,…
Local lockdown policy is “recipe for chaos”, says Burnham
Andy Burnham has warned against a “rush into a local lockdown policy” – which would seek to target and…
Allowing the Tories to be the party of devolution would be a catastrophic failure
Whilst Labour has been arguing over Brexit and a range of other issues, it has largely ignored another…
The Tory government designed devolution deals to devolve blame for austerity
The introduction of metro mayors formed part of Cameron’s devolution project. The directly elected metro mayors for cities…
