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Andy Burnham defends Greater Manchester inquiry into grooming gangs

The Mayor of Greater Manchester commissioned an independent review in 2017 to consider allegations made in BBC documentary The Betrayed Girls.

Evening Standard

Bus passengers hit by ‘costly start to 2025’ after 50% rise in fares

The Government increased the cap on single bus fares for most routes from £2 to £3 on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Anti-cycling stories are bad for the UK’s health, says Chris Boardman

Racing champion turned active travel advocate criticises parts of the media for safety scaremongering

The Guardian - UK

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Just 2% of some key trains on London to Manchester line run on time

Failing passenger service is a ‘national embarrassment,’ says Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham

The Guardian - UK

Timeline of events relating to incident at Manchester Airport

The PA news agency sets out what happened.

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on local government reform: the risk is disruption but no progress

Editorial: The white paper promises devolution. But sweeping away district councils will not drive growth

The Guardian - UK

‘I feel I’ve upset a few people over the years’: actor Brian Cox on overrated co-stars, charmless politicians and the joy of smoking weed

He’s famed for grumpy roles and outspoken views, but don’t be fooled – the Succession star is a pussycat at heart. He talks about growing up in poverty, falling in love with his wife – and out of love with Labour

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Northern’s plans to improve rail services slammed as ‘unacceptable’ and ‘vague’

The three-year proposal was called ‘completely unacceptable’ by regional politicians

The Independent UK

Five-hour avant garde Philip Glass opera among ENO’s Manchester plans

Programme for company’s move north includes Glass’s Einstein on the Beach, Britten and a new youth company

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the politics of buses: Labour’s winning ticket

Editorial: Cheap, better-run public transport can transform people’s everyday lives. The government should be more ambitious in its plans to deliver it

The Guardian - UK

Millions will still have £2 bus fare cap as mayors step in to extend scheme

The metro mayors for West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region have pledged to extend the £2 bus fare cap.

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham becomes latest senior Labour figure to break ranks with Starmer as he hits out at Trump

Prime minister facing increasing divisions with Labour as he tries to build bridges with the president-elect, despite foreign secretary David Lammy calling him ‘a racist KKK and Nazi sympathiser’

The Independent UK

New council housing in England may be removed from right to buy scheme

Angela Rayner says restrictions may be placed on sale of new social housing to prevent loss of stock

The Guardian - UK

Manchester United stadium decision delayed: Everything you need to know about redevelopment plans for Old Trafford

Manchester United’s owners were due to decide whether to knock down Old Trafford but a change of plan is possible

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The Guardian - UK

From Northern trains to Dolly Parton, the institutions that can’t quit the fax

Rail bosses admitted earlier this week they still use the surprisingly persistent technology

Evening Standard

Mystery hangs over future of London mayor’s night czar role as post left vacant

City Hall Conservatives have urged Sadiq Khan to follow Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham by appointing an unpaid ‘industry expert’

The Guardian - UK

Northern says it still uses fax machines to send messages to train crews

Admission made at meeting chaired by Andy Burnham in which rail operator is asked to account for poor performance

The Independent UK

We still use fax machines to contact train crews, Northern Rail official admits in excruciating grilling

‘People will say how come we have three decades of privatisation when money was being poured into the railway and you are still communicating via fax machines in 2024,’ says Andy Burnham

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The Independent UK

Labour Manchester mayor Andy Burnham breaks ranks to reject Keir Starmer’s bus fare cap rise

The price cap, announced by the prime minister and expected to be confirmed in Rachel Reeves’ Budget, has been dubbed a ‘bus tax’

The Guardian - UK

Farage and Reform ‘not the cause of Tory problems, but a symptom’, says Badenoch – as it happened

The Tory leadership candidate says the party churned out a laundry-list of promises instead of listening to members

The Independent UK

‘HS2 light’ link to Manchester could replace scrapped line beyond Birmingham

Proposals are being reviewed for a more cost-effective HS2 line to Crewe

The Guardian - UK

Key Labour thinktank recommends major new powers for elected mayors

Plans would put mayors at forefront of delivering public sector improvements in areas such as health and education

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer to host first council of nations and regions in Scotland

KEIR Starmer is set to hold the first meeting of the council of nations and regions in Scotland next week.

The Independent UK

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham says North faces ‘Armageddon’ without HS2 rail links

‘We would end up with a worse train service than we’ve currently got’, says Andy Burnham

The Independent UK

First look of Manchester United’s regeneration plan emerges with new 100,000-seater stadium

Manchester United will make a decision over whether to redevelop Old Trafford or build a new stadium

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