Andy Burnham
@AndyBurnhamGM
Mayor of Greater Manchester (Labour & Co-operative)
Greater Manchester is pioneering a new way of doing politics. Positive, practical, place-first. Vote tomorrow to keep GM leading the way.
The best way to save billions from the benefits system? Launch the biggest council home building programme the UK has seen since the post-war years.👇🏻
If ministers want to see how welfare reform can be done, come see us in Greater Manchester | Andy Burnham theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Timely catch-up with the Hillsborough Law Now campaign with @MetroMayorSteve. Incredible to see how it has grown with so many people from different walks of life now behind it. The message was clear: our resolve to fight for the full Hillsborough Law is only strengthening. 💪🏻
Andy Burnham says ‘off the scale’ Oasis shows will be ‘remembered forever in Manchester’ manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music…
Remembering KEVIN HUGHES, the former #Yorkshire miner who was elected as @UKLabour MP for #DoncasterNorth from 1992, until he was forced to retire following his devastating motor neuron disease diagnosis in 2005. Kevin died a year later #otd 2006, aged 53. #MND #MoreNeedsDoing!
Japanese manufacturer Astemo @astemoglobal has announced a £100 million investment in its Bolton factory, creating 220 new jobs. The investment follows the recent trade mission to Japan, where the Greater Manchester delegation met Astemo. Read more 👇 orlo.uk/2TNEl
This is massive news for Bolton and Greater Manchester - cementing our status as the fastest-growing city-region in the UK! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Greater Manchester 'at forefront of EV revolution' after Japanese firm creates 200 jobs with £100m investment manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…
Greater Manchester 'at forefront of EV revolution' after Japanese firm creates 200 jobs with £100m investment manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…
Great news for our city region as Astemo invests £100m into Horwich -in a UK first for EVs and big news for @boltoncouncil 🚗 Another example of our @greatermcr Trade Mission to Japan with @AndyBurnhamGM securing jobs and investment all across our city-region.
Greater Manchester 'at forefront of EV revolution' after Japanese firm creates 200 jobs with £100m investment manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…
Over 40 councils and mayors - including @AndyBurnhamGM and @andrewpakes_' council in Peterborough - have now joined Brent's campaign calling for urgent gambling reform. 🎰Councils and communities need the powers to say no to new adult gaming centres taking over our high streets.
The rapid uncontrolled growth of adult gaming centres says a lot about the decline of our high streets. We need power to take back control and to update gambling rules. Glad to be working alongside great campaigners to fix this problem. 👉 theguardian.com/society/2025/j…
Andy Burnham wants to ressurect plans to take Manchester underground trib.al/SsAtTtQ
Please can this be the last FIFA Club World Cup? Thanks. 🤦🏻♂️
Set to launch on 1 September 2025, young people will be able to buy a 28-day bus travelcard for £40 – half the adult fare price they would normally pay. aboutmanchester.co.uk/big-bus-boost-…
Meet Harvey, a 19-year-old apprentice who has been building #BeeNetwork buses in Rochdale. These smaller buses are essential for people getting around, especially on local estates where bigger buses sometimes can't reach. This week, a new Greater Manchester Strategy was…
Andy Burnham releases more details on new Bee Network pass, night buses, and rule change manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…
Andy Burnham has said that the region thanks to its pioneering devolution deals and innovative partnership work, stands on the cusp of what could be its “best decade since the Victorian era” aboutmanchester.co.uk/greater-manche…