Andy Burnham, Greater Manchester and Bev Craig

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Labour's Bev Craig is elected Greater Manchester mayor to succeed Andy Burnham
Labour Party candidate Bev Craig was elected mayor of Greater Manchester on Friday, after a vote triggered by the departure of Andy Burnham to become Britain’s prime minister. Craig won 66.3% of the votes in a runoff with Sian Astley from the anti-immigration party Reform UK.

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham sets new Greater Manchester mayor Bev Craig a challenge as she promises to 'build on legacy'
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Labour beats Reform for Greater Manchester mayoral contest as council leader replaces Andy Burnham
Politics latest: PM vows to be 'relentless' in tackling illegal migration - and says safe routes also needed
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been on a visit to Dover to see how UK law enforcement teams are working to prevent small boat crossings.

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Labour wins Manchester mayoral by-election
Politics latest: PM says cost of living relief 'on its way' - as chancellor vows to stop public being 'taken for a ride' on food and petrol prices
Arrest in Athens after death of Scots woman whose body was found in suitcase
The 38-year-old’s body was discovered inside a suitcase by a homeless man in a derelict building in the Kypseli area of Athens on July 18.

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Andy Burnham urges new Greater Manchester mayor Bev Craig 'to go further and do more' after by-election win
Labour's Bev Craig elected Greater Manchester Mayor

Voters in Manchester choose a mayor to replace Andy Burnham, who left city hall for Downing Street

Voters in Manchester are electing a new mayor Thursday to replace Andy Burnham, who left the job to become Britain’s prime minister.

Andy Burnham promised to change Greater Manchester. Almost ten years on, how did he do?

Just weeks before he was elected as Greater Manchester’s first metro-mayor in 2017, I interviewed Andy Burnham for The Conversation.
The Economist

Andy Burnham passes his first test

S TANDING OUTSIDE the new “Number 10 North” office, set up by Andy Burnham in the centre of Manchester, is a statue of John Bright, a radical free-trader and one of the founders of the original “Manchesterism”,

Is Andy Burnham recycling his Greater Manchester policies?

The new Prime Minister's promises to end rough sleeping and cap bus fares sound familiar to residents in the north
The Sunday Guardian Live on MSN

From 'Greater Manchester will not be bullied' to 'Naughty Boy': Andy Burnham's most memorable moments

India, July 20 -- Andy Burnham has officially become the United Kingdom's new Prime Minister. This marks a major milestone in his political career after years in public life. While many know him as the former Mayor of Greater Manchester,