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
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
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
Gordon Brown and English mayors including Andy Burnham urge Boris Johnson to ‘save’ the Union by devolving more powers as calls grow for second Scottish referendum Gordon Brown warned that ‘time is fast running out’ to keep the UK intact Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon is pressing for a second independence referendum Sheffield’s Dan Jarvis and London’s … 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
The most unlikely lockdown crush? Loose Women’s Nadia Sawalha admits Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham ‘makes her heart go funny’ – and even Twitter users are swooning over his ‘mesmerising eyelashes’ Loose Women’s Nadia Sawalha said Andy Burnham ‘makes her heart go funny’ Prompted viewers to share political crushes such as Keir Starmer and Nick Clegg … Read more