Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said that ‘sensible steps now’ will prevent the country from ‘getting back to a space where lockdowns are even considered’.
08.10.2021 - 17:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Sir Keir Starmer insisted he is 'very focused on the north' as he visited the Kellogg's factory in Trafford.
During a tour of one of the region's biggest food manufacturing sites, the Labour Party leader said it was 'very important' for him to talk to people in Greater Manchester and the north west.
It comes as he made a commitment to overturn the 'chaos' surrounding issues of shortages on supplies, fuel and lorry drivers - which Sir Keir said had left businesses to 'pick up the pieces'.
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Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said that ‘sensible steps now’ will prevent the country from ‘getting back to a space where lockdowns are even considered’.
Andy Burnham says he understands the government will U-turn on its £20 cut to Universal Credit.
Greater Manchester will be given more than £1 billion to transform the region's public transport system, the government has announced.
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) — Betty Lynn, the film and television actor who was best known for her role as Barney Fife’s sweetheart Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show,” has died.
The Andy Griffith show, has died, aged 95. In a Facebook post, the Andy Griffith museum said that Lynn passed away on Saturday (16 October) following a brief illness, adding that the actor “will be dearly missed” by everyone at the museum.
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. -- Betty Lynn, the film and television actor who was best known for her role as Barney Fife's sweetheart Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show,” has died.
Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to rise in all ten Greater Manchester boroughs, official figures on Saturday show.
Health bosses and Greater Manchester's Mayor have issued a plea for passengers to use face coverings on trams, trains and buses as they warn: ‘Covid’s still here’.
Andy Burnham is under mounting pressure over the ‘untold scandal’ of Greater Manchester’s ‘failure’ to scrutinise decisions and hold those in power to account.
A scathing parliamentary report "validates" concerns raised by himself and other regional leaders last year about local lockdowns Andy Burnham has said.
They are the towns that helped turn the northern Labour red wall Conservative blue at the last election.
Politicians across the political spectrum have warned Greater Manchester’s structures are not robust enough to hold the mayor to account over the city region’s existing devolution deal - even before any potential ‘levelling up’ deal from ministers.
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