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Why have Manchester to London rail services been cut to the bone?

Passengers have been hit hard with slashed trains and some of the worst rail problems in recent history

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham says Hillsborough heckling made him fall out of love with Westminster

The Liverpool-born mayor of Manchester was culture secretary in Gordon Brown’s government when fans interrupted his speech at Anfield in 2009.

Daily Record

Calls for solidarity and joyous celebrations as Pride weekend begins in Manchester

“This is a time when we really need to come together in solidarity and take to the streets, remembering the parties who have won - we have fought for this."

Manchester Evening News

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Andy Burnham reveals 'dangerous stampedes' for trains from London to Manchester as he issues Avanti West Coast with ultimatum

The mayor says he will ask the PM to strip the train operator of its contract unless it restores full Manchester timetable

Manchester Evening News

'Not good enough': Rail misery as Avanti delays full bank holiday timetable and tickets

Passengers between London and Manchester have been affected

Manchester Evening News

'Like shouting into the abyss': Andy Burnham describes dealing with Boris Johnson

The Greater Manchester Mayor has given a withering assessment of the Prime Minister as he prepares to step down

Manchester Evening News

Burnham: Mayors could give Scotland’s cities a stronger voice

Local champions are required across Scotland’s communities in order to deliver important change, Scottish Labour has said.

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Enough is Enough movement gathers pace with Andy Burnham latest backer

Cost of living campaign planning 50 rallies in next month amid warning people will die because of crisis

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham: SNP 'treated north of England with contempt'

LABOUR mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has claimed that the SNP treated the north of England “with contempt” during the Covid pandemic.

The National (Scotland)

Labour should not ‘hold back’ in support for striking workers – Burnham

The Greater Manchester Mayor said he may ‘one day’ consider a bid for Labour leadership in an interview at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham: Scotland should have as close as you can get to home rule

Andy Burnham said the constitution of the UK needed to be ‘completely rewired’.

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham slams Edinburgh-bound train 'double-booking chaos'

The prominent politician took aim at Avanti West Coast after travelling from the Greater Manchester town to the Scottish capital and noticing the lack of seating.

Edinburgh Live

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak tear into "miserabilist mayor" Andy Burnham during Manchester Tory leadership hustings

Both candidates made their pitch to over an audience of over 1,000 local party members in the city tonight - and took the opportunity to attack Mr Burnham's record

Manchester Evening News

Liz Truss brands Manchester’s Andy Burnham a ‘miserabilist mayor’

Ms Truss targeted the Mayor of Greater Manchester in her speech at Friday’s Tory hustings in the city.

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Manchester Evening News

Anger as train firm boss awarded £1m share bonus amid strikes and railway chaos

Andy Burnham said: "If these bosses had any decency they would read the room and hand these bonuses back."

Manchester Evening News

New CYCLOPS junction to be built in Whalley Range

The design of this cyclops junction will change road access in the area to aims and ease congestion

Manchester Evening News

Avanti West Coast rival launches £75 first-class train service from London to Manchester

The 'luxurious' new service has been introduced to help passengers frustrated by a wave of disruption and cancellations

Daily Mirror

Train firm chief is awarded £1million share bonus in week of railway chaos

FirstGroup owns chaos-stricken Avanti West Coast whose passengers scaled a spiked fence on Tuesday - and it awarded boss Graham Sutherland nearly a million shares on Thursday. They take five years to cash in, subject to performance

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Manchester Evening News

Arrive bus strike officially over as unions claim 'magnificent victory'

Arriva members of both GMB and Unite have voted to accept an 11.1 percent pay rise after 29 days of walk-outs

The Guardian - UK

‘It was sacrilegious’: why the destruction of Manchester’s Ian Curtis mural struck a nerve

The public outcry – and outpouring of affection – after the mural was defaced shows just how deeply rooted a piece of public art can become in a community

Manchester Evening News

Rishi Sunak accuses Andy Burnham of 'failing' to get a grip on crime in Greater Manchester - he's come out fighting...

The former Chancellor said he would empower local councillors to hold "failing" mayors to account

The Independent UK

Manchester mayor slams Grant Shapps for not knowing details of Avanti cuts

‘All I can tell you is there are still trains running down the west coast mainline,’ says transport secretary

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham will ask new PM to strip Avanti of their contract if they don't improve services

The Mayor of Greater Manchester held talks with the rail firm's bosses after they slashed services between the region and London

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham urges people to use buses more as price drops confirmed - but admits system still needs to improve so people like him on outskirts can get one to work

'I just live in an area where I have to get the train'

The Guardian - UK

Mural of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis painted over with advert

Rapper Aitch has vowed to remove advert for his new album and restore the painting of ‘local hero’ in Manchester

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