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Andy Burnham has responded to Transport for Greater Manchester staff after they voted to strike yesterday (Thursday), asking to ‘sit down and discuss’.
Date Published 21/11/2024
Greater Manchester could finally get answers about the region’s clean air zone (CAZ), Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said.
Date Published 19/11/2024
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham delivered a major announcement on buses yesterday (Tuesday).
Date Published 29/10/2024
The ageing Metrolink network will need significant maintenance in the coming years, Andy Burnham has said.
Date Published 10/10/2024
A big shake-up of the benefits system is set to come to Greater Manchester.
Date Published 09/10/2024
Public transport has been a ‘postcode lottery of unreliability’ for many and Greater Manchester has paved the way for change, a minister has declared.
Date Published 08/10/2024
Passengers will be able to seamlessly pay-as-you-go on buses and trams from March 23 next year, it’s been confirmed.
Date Published 05/10/2024
A major update on Greater Manchester’s new clean air plan has been issued - with more diesel buses coming in ‘to clean the air’.
Date Published 30/09/2024
The dire impact of Greater Manchester’s lack of affordable housing has been laid bare, after a new report found a huge rise in families stuck in B&Bs, hostels, and temporary homes...
Date Published 28/09/2024
Greater Manchester’s Mayor and council leaders have given the green light to bring in London-style contactless ticketing on buses and trams from March 2025.
Date Published 27/09/2024
Andy Burnham has insisted money has been set aside for the development of a high speed rail line between Liverpool and Manchester, despite the new Transport Secretary seeming to...
Date Published 23/09/2024
The Mayor of Oldham visited a bowling club to see how a fellow GP and her campaign were attempting to 'hijack' endometriosis ignorance.
Date Published 18/09/2024
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has called the controversial early release scheme for prisoners an ‘indictment on the previous government’.
Date Published 13/09/2024
Greater Manchester is looking overseas to fix a ‘fundamental’ problem which has blighted the region for ‘since the eighties’.
Date Published 10/09/2024
Cops have arrested 28 people involved in rioting across Greater Manchester last weekend, the Chief Constable has confirmed.
Date Published 05/08/2024
Andy Burnham ‘will personally ensure’ GMP gets ‘all the resources they need to maintain control’ following a weekend of rioting in Greater Manchester.
Maisy, 24, can’t put a figure on how much she spends on Ubers.
Date Published 03/08/2024
The new Labour government has been in office for around a month - and in its first few weeks it’s made a series of major policy announcements on energy, transport, and public...
Date Published 01/08/2024
Andy Burnham says he is ‘struggling to comprehend’ the ‘despicable’ violence which erupted in nearby Newton Heath last night (Wednesday) in the wake of the mass stabbings in...
Date Published 31/07/2024
Greater Manchester's deputy mayor has issued an update on how she will handle a damning report into Greater Manchester Police’s handling of people in custody.
Date Published 30/07/2024
Future train passengers heading to the capital from Manchester will arrive in London in a much-changed Euston Station - but it could be YEARS before transport chiefs plan what it...
Andy Burnham says he will continue to ‘challenge GMP to improve the culture’ following a week of bad press for the force.
Date Published 27/07/2024
Plans for an advanced sustainable materials and manufacturing hub in the highly anticipated Atom Valley have been submitted.
Date Published 12/07/2024
Greater Manchester Police’s handling of a review into historic childhood sexual abuse will be investigated, it has been announced.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has laid out plans for the future of transport and growth across our region.
Date Published 10/07/2024
Greater Manchester is undergoing a ‘transport revolution’, with mayor Andy Burnham announcing a major Bee Network expansion – including a future underground network by 2050.
Andy Burnham has confirmed plans are in place to bring Metrolink trams to Stockport and extend services to Middleton and Heywood.
Date Published 21/06/2024
A review into how Greater Manchester Police treats women and girls in custody has been delayed for a THIRD time.
Date Published 05/06/2024
Andy Burnham didn’t ‘expect’ the General Election ‘to be this soon’, the mayor has admitted.
Date Published 24/05/2024
A ‘generation of new towns’ that are modelled on Hale will be built if Labour wins the next election, according to Angela Rayner.
Date Published 22/05/2024
