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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Andy Burnham urges new Greater Manchester mayor Bev Craig 'to go further and do more' after by-election win
Labour candidate Bev Craig won the largest by-election in British history to succeed Mr Burnham in the job after he quit and became PM.

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The Manchester mayoral result holds the key to the future of progressive politics
Who is Greater Manchester's new Mayor Bev Craig?
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”,

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 Sunday Guardian Live on MSN

Greater Manchester mayoral election result live: Vote counting underway to choose Andy Burnham's successor; check when will the result be announced?

India, July 31 -- Greater Manchester Mayoral Election Result Live: Vote counting is underway in the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election as residents await the announcement of the successor to former mayor Andy Burnham.

Greater Manchester luxury brand worn by Andy Burnham speaks out over outfit criticism

One publication said the Prime Minister's £80 T-Shirt cost 'more than he cut electricity bills by'