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Five Labour mayors including Andy Burnham have warned failure to deliver in full on HS2 would 'leave swathes of the North with Victorian transport infrastructure unfit for purpose'.

The asylum system poses an existential threat to the West if it is not reformed, the Home Secretary has said. In a speech in the US Suella Braverman, claimed millions of asylum seekers were being incentivised to 'try their luck'

Sixty businesses have backed Andy Burnham's plans for technical education which the government has branded 'narrow' and 'unequal'. Microsoft, Heinz and the BBC are among the big employers to sign up to the mayor's scheme.

Andy Burnham today apologised for 'teething problems' on the first working day of Greater Manchester's new bus system, but insisted by and large the launch has gone well.

Political leaders have told the Prime Minister scrapping HS2 rail to Manchester would have 'massive ramifications' on the city region and the north west as a whole.

The mayor of Greater Manchester has said he will personally write to the Prime Minister and urge him to not scrap HS2.

The launch of bus franchising today - putting power back into the hands of the people over operators - heralds the start of the Bee Network in Greater Manchester.

The first 175 buses entering Greater Manchester's Bee Network under franchising can be revealed today.

The Prime Minister will deliver a speech today in Downing Street at 4.30pm.

Andy Burnham has said Labour will bring HS2 to Manchester despite the party failing to guarantee that the high-speed railway project will go ahead over the weekend. The Greater Manchester mayor said he has been reassured that the party's commitment to two major northern railway projects has not changed.

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Andy Burnham today accused the Government of making the North pay for its failure to properly manage HS2 after it emerged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering scrapping the Manchester leg of the controversial high speed rail project.

A new publicly-funded podcast series has launched as part of a campaign to tackle gender-based violence. The #IsThisOkay? podcast features men from Greater Manchester talking about unacceptable behaviours faced by women.

Andy Burnham and four other Mayors across England have vowed to continue the fight to stop plans to close 1,000 train ticket offices. In July the Greater Manchester Mayor said he was preparing to launch a legal action against the train operators' plans to try and halt the proposal.

Thousands of vulnerable people in Greater Manchester are set to be affected by strikes as Ring and Ride drivers threaten industrial action. Around 7,000 disabled or older people use the service which offers a low-cost door-to-door accessible transport option on demand for residents with walking difficulties.

Black people are still almost twice as likely to be stopped and searched by police in Greater Manchester - as local leaders condemned the use of the 'humiliating' policing tool.

Driving wasn't an option for me on Thursday.

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Humza Yousaf met the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham in Edinburgh today.

The mayor for Greater Manchester has condemned taxis registered ‘hundreds of miles away’ to avoid meeting local standards.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has aimed a dig at football's schedulers for allowing other games which clash with the Women's World Cup final to go ahead.

The huge Greater Manchester-wide blueprint for ‘housing, jobs, and growth’, can finally move forward following a government review.

A woman was reportedly spiked after being 'bought a drink by a man' when enjoying a night out with her friends in Manchester's Gay Village.

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A police watchdog is to investigate a complaint made by a woman about the treatment she received in custody at a Greater Manchester station. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it received two referrals from the force on July 26 regarding allegations made by the woman about her detention at Pendleton police station in Salford in February 2021.

Andy Burnham’s mayoral charity has a new face — as the organisation has appointed its first ever chief executive.

Manchester United owners the Glazers faced more scrutiny of their running of the Reds on Friday but this time from an unfamiliar source.

Greater Manchester's cycle hire scheme is being scaled back after a spate of vandalism took most of the Bee Bikes off the road. Around 800 of the 1,000 bikes which had been on the network are currently damaged or missing.

A leading barrister is set to be appointed to assess the cases of three women who have accused Greater Manchester Police of unjustified strip searches while in custody.

Andy Burnham has described Andrew Malkinson's wrongful conviction and jail term as a 'terrible miscarriage of justice'.