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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
Teaching union demands secondary schools must only open on a week on, week off system after lockdown until UK has ‘fit for purpose’ Test and Trace system National Education Union has already pleaded for schools to close in lockdown Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham agrees that schools should shut However, PHE says children are most … Read more
Government row with Manchester’s ‘Bully Burnham’ over Covid support threatens plan to appoint more local mayors as PM’s enthusiasm cools Ministers are reviewing plans to appoint more local mayors in England’s North Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Lancashire were predicted to get elected ones Boris Johnson’s enthusiasm has cooled after Andy Burnham defied the PM By … Read more
Ministers and whole Whitehall departments will relocate to the North as part of Boris Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ agenda Boris Johnson has renewed his commitment to move civil servants to the North He insisted ministers and whole departments will be relocated from Whitehall Mr Johnson was forced to deny that he is ‘at war’ with North … Read more
Andy Burnham today invited Boris Johnson to Manchester for face-to-face talks to ‘clear the air’ as he said he does not want a ‘lingering political argument’ with the Government. The Labour Mayor has suffered a bruising week after talks with ministers over moving Greater Manchester into Tier Three coronavirus restrictions collapsed, prompting Mr Johnson to … Read more