Pleased to meet Tom Besford this morning and support his campaign to protect Pembroke Park in Littleborough. He has worked tirelessly with local residents to defend this protected open space.

On 2nd May vote for your local champion Tom Besford and vote Andy for Mayor.

What a fantastic welcome for Andy Burnham from the fantastic Junior Blast band to open the brilliant new building for local company R17 today.

A brilliant family business, employing more than 20 people, recruiting locally and opening their Head Office in Littleborough.

Britain's bus services are in crisis.

Labour has a plan to Take Back Control 👇

Take a look at our latest #BeeNetwork Bus Punctuality Report for 31 March-6 April. 🚌

Average this week: 82.2%
Average last week: 73.0%

Note: Data relates only to franchised services in the west of Greater Manchester

Find out more. 👇
tfgm.com/ways-to-travel…

❗️LAST CHANCE to buy tickets for the Burrow Strictly Ball
Winter Gardens Blackpool.
We promise you a good night and more importantly you are helping make a difference by raising much needed funds for MND charities 🙏
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Revealing that this appears the day after the Premier League have hammered @everton - AGAIN.👇🏻

More convinced than ever that they are using our nearly 150 year-old club as a pawn in their PR battle against an independent regulator.

I'm aiming to raise £5,000 for Leeds Hospitals Charity and MND Association! Please donate what you can via my Give as you Live 💙❤️💚 page. donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/ba…

At a time when not much else is working, devolution in England IS.

Time to double down on it, as the Financial Times rightly says.👇🏻

Need to double down on Mayors say Financial Times editorial - England’s promising experiment with metro mayors

ft.com/content/594ee2…

“In our view, many if not most of the criticisms levelled against the club in this respect by the PL are unwarranted, overstated, or both.”

A damning verdict on the Premier League’s treatment of Everton. Hardly the behaviour of a fair and even-handed regulator.

So we now know that the Premier League have tried to take 17 points off @everton this season.

We have ended up with double the penalty despite a similar level of breach as Forest.

We should fight back against this injustice with everything we have got and keep all options open.

I would say it’s the Premier League’s own arbitrary and unfair attempts at regulation which are putting English football’s success at risk.👇🏻

#EFC

Books from The Guardian Head North by Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram review – northern mayors’ manifesto for hope theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

I reviewed 'Head North: A Rallying Cry For A More Equal Britain' by Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram for The Observer.

The Voter ID policy is designed to stop young people voting.👇🏻

Don’t let them win!

To vote in May, sign up here for free ID before 24/4.

electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-ele…

You will then be set up for the General Election whenever it comes. 👍🏻

A pleasure to host Andy Burnham in Westhoughton yesterday

We spoke with a number of shop owners on Market Street - about the importance of supporting local independent businesses, current trading conditions & the cost-of-living.

Thanks to Cllr Nick Peel for also joining.

Local and GMCA Mayoral elections are taking place in Manchester on 2 May.

Voting at a polling station? You’ll need photo ID.

Don’t have photo ID? Apply for free voter ID now: orlo.uk/WMIOJ

#LocalElection #GMElects

This is just one example of the life changing impact A Bed Every Night accommodation can have. As Lilly from WHAG explains, it is never just a bed.

Help us continue to keep this scheme unrivalled, pioneering and universal. Please consider donating: buff.ly/3uZMvs8

If re-elected, it will be my personal mission to create an equal alternative to the university route for all young people in GM.

When everyone growing up here has a clear path in life, the rise of our city-region will become unstoppable. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

#MBacc

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

'When we look at the benefits system, we see a distrustful deficit model that only succeeds in making people feel worse about themselves'

Strong stuff from Andy Burnham, but it reflects exactly what I consistently hear from people in the benefits system theguardian.com/commentisfree/…