ALTHOUGH religious leaders had failed in spring 2003 to dissuade the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, from pursuing military action to oust President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, they continued to lobby to curb ...

Andy Burnham launched his latest transport mega-project earlier this week — he wants to run some Greater Manchester railways. The mayor has long talked about taking commuter rail lines into ...

Andy Burnham launched his latest transport mega-project earlier this week — he wants to run some Greater Manchester railways. The mayor has long talked about taking commuter rail lines into ‘public ...

At the start of 2022, Andy Burnham was in a bit of a pickle. A few years earlier, all 10 councils in Greater Manchester had been instructed by the government to clean up the air. Everyone agreed ...

A decade-long plan to increase Greater Manchester’s contribution to the UK economy by £13bn a year has been unveiled by the region’s mayor, Andy Burnham. The proposal, which has been made public today ...

Andy Burnham launched his latest transport mega-project earlier this week — he wants to run some Greater Manchester railways. The mayor has long talked about taking commuter rail lines into ‘public ...

At the start of 2022, Andy Burnham was in a bit of a pickle. A few years earlier, all 10 councils in Greater Manchester had been instructed by the government to clean up the air. Everyone agreed some ...

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has unveiled a ten-year plan for the region. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) A decade-long plan to increase Greater Manchester’s ...

Andy Burnham is one of 12 metro mayors, with another four set to be elected later this year. The mayors will be offered the “right to request” a greater role in running local train services. Since ...

The investment, announced on Thursday, largely accepts proposals put forward by mayor Andy Burnham in 2023 as he sought to avoid introducing a clean air charging zone similar to London’s ultra ...

The Government has accepted mayor Andy Burnham’s proposals for greater investment instead of a clean air charging zone in Greater Manchester. Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said plans to ...

Lord Prescott, who served as deputy prime minister under Sir Tony Blair between 1997 and 2007, died on November 20 last year aged 86 in a nursing home where he had been living with Alzheimer’s. In a ...