Andy Burnham considers legal action over ticket office closures
The mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has said he is considering launching a legal challenge to stop the consultation into closing the majority of ticket offices in England. Closures will see...
View ArticleManchester launches first locally controlled bus service in four decades
Greater Manchester has retaken control of its buses after almost 40 years of deregulation. As bus services were deregulated across the UK in 1986 – except in London where services remained under local...
View ArticleAndy Burnham slams government for treating people in the North ‘like second...
The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has slammed government ministers for treating people in the North ‘like second class citizens’, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak mulls axing a key HS2 route...
View ArticleJacob Rees-Mogg says HS2 money should be used to scrap inheritance tax
Jacob Rees-Mogg has suggested the money from HS2 should instead be used to scrap a tax that affects only 4% of the richest families. Rishi Sunak has now confirmed that the rest of the HS2 rail link...
View ArticleAndy Burnham slams political system for allowing northerners to be treated as...
The Mayor of Greater Manchester has slammed a ‘dysfunctional Whitehall system’ for allowing northerners to be treated as second class citizens as he called for a radical rewiring of power in Britain....
View Article5 big things we learnt from Labour Party conference
With the Labour Party conference in Liverpool drawing to a close, likely to be the last conference before the next general election, we thought we’d take a look at 5 key developments from conference...
View ArticleNorthern mayors slam ‘ridiculous’ post-Brexit rules around musicians touring...
Three Labour mayors from northern regions are calling for urgent action to help the music industry recover from post-Brexit destruction. Among them is Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, who criticised the...
View ArticleAndy Burnham calls for basic income and overhaul of inheritance tax to fund a...
The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has once more reiterated his call for a basic income and also called for an overhaul of inheritance tax to fund a National Care Service, in proposals that...
View ArticleA new era for English devolution: Greater Manchester to get new...
Greater Manchester (GM) is taking English devolution a step further, by moving towards a Scotland and Wales-style funding system. The city region will receive more freedom from the government over its...
View ArticleNorthern mayors say train services have ‘got poorer’ since Northern...
Meeting at the Transport for the North annual conference in Liverpool on February 5, regional leaders called for a better approach to transport. Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said that train services...
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