@steadystatemcr@mstdn.socialSpoiler: there is no plan, at least to get to WHO clean air standards.
A failure of leadership, a failure to take on the private car.
Andy Burnham reveals next phase of clean air plan as key deadline looms - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manche…
@markhburton@mstdn.socialThis is welcome from #Burnham.
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'Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham hit out, saying the decision would help “overheat” the economy. He warned: “It’s a model for an ever-overheating UK economy rather than a more balanced, levelled-up economy, which is what we would argue for. Manchester Airport has two runways and it doesn’t operate at full capacity.”'
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotAndy Burnham here talking very positively about #LandValueTax and #WealthTax.
Politics Weekly UK: Andy Burnham live in conversation
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@drgeraint@glasgow.socialAndy Burnham and ID cards in the news ... takes me back! The Home Office brought their ID card propaganda to the South Gyle Shopping Centre in Edinburgh. That was the first protest I ever organised.
Andy Burnham was minister for ID cards, and after a few hours of us ensuring TV cameras could not get a shot without our NO2ID banner being visible, took me and another campaigner for coffee to discuss our concerns. He was never going to change policy based on what we said, but he did liste…
@buercher@tooting.chAndy Burnham has said there is a climate of fear in Labour and it needs to change, as he defended his actions in “launching a debate” about the future of the party – seen by many as a challenge to Keir Starmer.
The Greater Manchester mayor has prompted outrage within No 10 and among cabinet ministers after he said last week that many MPs had urged him to run as Labour leader and questioned the government’s economic approach.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/28/andy-burnham-climate-of-fear-labour-shutting-down-debate?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
