Sir Keir Starmer grooms left-wing football pundit Gary Neville for a political career as they hold talks about ‘shared political interests’ Gary Neville held at least two Zoom meetings with Sir Keir recently, say sources One insider predicted he could succeed Andy Burnham as Mayor of Manchester However, a party spokesman stressed this was not … Read more
Ex-minister Andy Burnham boasts Labour would have held more Red Wall seats at the 2019 election if he had beaten Jeremy Corbyn to the Labour leadership in 2015 in further sign he is plotting to lead party He plans to run for leadership after the next election if he has enough support Burnham was distant … Read more
‘King of the North’ Andy Burnham is tipped as new Labour leader after his landslide victory in key mayoral race Andy Burnham saw a landslide re-election as Greater Manchester mayor Former Cabinet Minister made clear he still had ambitions to be Labour leader Mr Burnham dubbed King of the North after standing up to Boris … Read more
Only half of appointments for coronavirus vaccines are being used at Manchester’s mass vaccination centre, it was revealed today, as Andy Burnham called for the rollout to be expanded to stop doses going to waste. The mayor of Greater Manchester said the jabs are just ‘sitting in fridges’ at the Etihad stadium’s hub, and warned … Read more
Pressure mounts on Labour’s Keir Starmer as Manchester mayor and former minister Andy Burnham openly says he wants to lead the party in the future (but denies plotting) Mr Burnham at a conference organised by Manchester Jewish charity last night He said: ‘I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have aspirations [to lead the party].’ … Read more
Lockdown is creating an ‘unprecedented’ mental illness pandemic with a surge in calls to helplines, experts have warned. Mental health charity Mind’s daily website views rose from 9,580 on January 4 to 14,167 after the announcement of a third lockdown in the UK last week. Two former health secretaries also spoke out about the crisis, … Read more
Priti Patel is planning to launch a ‘power grab’ against woke police chiefs and ‘failing’ police and crime commissioners, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. The Home Secretary will this month present the recommendations of her review into the powers of PCCs, which will include looking at the police’s ‘operational independence’. It is understood the … Read more
Manchester braces for return to Tier Three: Mayor Andy Burnham predicts government will plunge region back under toughest Covid curbs when UK-wide lockdown ends on December 2 Andy Burnham said it is ‘more likely than not’ that GM will go into ‘very high’ level Decision will be announced tomorrow over which regions go into which … Read more
Sky Sports pundit and ex footballer Gary Neville backs campaign group with business leaders encouraging workers to return to Manchester to get city ‘back on its feet’ amid Covid pandemic Ex-footballer Gary Neville, 45, has encouraged workers to return to Manchester He has helped form UnitedCity with the aim of getting the city ‘back on … Read more
The UK’s biggest teacher union has demanded that secondary schools only open on a week-on, week-off system after lockdown. Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU) has said the new rotas should be used until the country has a ‘fit for purpose’ Test and Trace system. The union has already pleaded … Read more