Wonderful to visit the new Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease in Leeds with Rob’s family. What a place and what a difference he and they will make for families coming after them. Thanks to everyone who donated and, of course, to the great Kevin Sinfield. 🙏🏻

Quite a lot of rubbish in the papers today. Reminds me why I left Westminster in the first place!

At long last, a positive shared vision for railways in the North. 🙌🏻 #BeeNetworkRail will be a game-changer for GM. 🐝

One year to go. #BeeNetworkRail

Tomorrow we take the first big step towards Bee Network Rail. 🐝 Fares will be simpler and in most cases lower for people travelling between our stations in GM. Tickets valid on any service. 🙌🏻

I am glad common sense has prevailed. BUT The UK’s fastest-growing city-region should not be in the position of having to beg and plead for basic rail connectivity. A plan to improve Manchester-London services in the short, medium and long terms is now well overdue.

The GM Mayor’s Charity has launched its “1000 beds for Christmas” campaign, supporting our ground-breaking A Bed Every Night initiative. Tonight we will be looking after over 600 people in #ABEN but could do even more with your help. 🙏🏻 1/2

Smart move, grid scale energy storage is a vital part of the Smart Grid we need as we transition to a 100% green. It’s how we balance the huge fluctuations of both demand and production. And of course part of the green economy - that brings jobs, economic growth and lower bills. buff.ly/FmccrQ2

Privilege to be at the Empress Ballroom in 1989 and the Palace Ballroom in 2022. 🙏🏻 A magnificent musician and Mancunian. What a loss but what a legacy. All-time basslines on THE all-time album.👌🏻 RIP Mani & Imelda

'For the first time in my lifetime we are closing the North-South divide' @andyburnham.bsky.social, Mayor of Greater Manchester, tells #BBCBreakfast about his plans to improve growth in the local economy

Today GM raises the bar on growth.

BIG NEWS On 7/12/25, GM sees the biggest change to rail services for 30+ years. A new fairer, simpler fare system will come in across our 96 stations. 🐝 Singles will be half the price of returns 🐝 Tickets will be valid on any operator 🐝 Average fare will fall by 5.6% 1/2

For the whole of November, we are lifting the 9.30 rule on older and disabled people’s bus passes. We are doing whatever we can to help people with cost-of-living pressures and make life a little easier. 🐝

"Sends the wrong message to commuters, residents, and crucially to bike thieves": Andy Burnham "deeply concerned" and urges British Transport Police to reconsider controversial bike theft policy road.cc/content/news...

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has launched a second trial of 24/7 free bus travel for older and disabled people across the city. @andyburnham.bsky.social publictransport.news/bus/greater-...

We are always looking at what things we can do, big and small, to make life better for our residents. Here is the latest wave of improvements coming to GM. 🧵 1/7

Public services should be delivered “through places and people that are trusted” and not in a “top-down, soulless” way, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has said #publicservices #government #theos #theoslecture #churchnews

Wonderful to meet with Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham today to discuss wealth inequality and how we can effectively tax wealth to address it. Huge thanks to the team involved. @mayorofgm.bsky.social @stephenstroud.bsky.social

In case you missed it ... Here's an audio link to a very good Remain speech that Andy Burnham gave during the Brexit ref in Liverpool back in 2016. Well worth a listen! A lot of his predictions about Brexit came true. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

Andy Burnham tears into Reform UK for suggesting that they would scrap Northern Powerhouse Rail, focusing on a London-centric approach

Great to hear from Andy Burnham, @mayorofgm.bsky.social, on the VCSE sector's crucial role, highlighting that good housing is vital for people’s health and creating a ‘live well’ approach at his speech during @thekingsfund.bsky.social conf on the 10-year plan for healthcare in England.

Labour must hear and heed the voice of its Mainstream. We're honoured to have Mayor of Manchester @andyburnham.bsky.social join us to help unlock the transformative potential of the Labour Party. More here: www.mainstreamlabour.org/about

@samwhyte.bsky.social great listen as always. Not sure if it's paywall but here's an article from 1997 in @wsc.co.uk about Peter John son's proposals for a new ground by..... Andy Burnham. www.wsc.co.uk/book-reviews...

We are proud of what GM has achieved in the first decade of devolution.👇🏻 But we’ve had to fight for it and every scrap of investment. Imagine what more the North could be if backed with the same investment in infrastructure as others parts of the UK! 🤔

Read @andyburnham.bsky.social & Lord Jim O’Neill on Manchester - the productivity growth capital of Britain by @rjpartington.bsky.social

We’re proud of the achievements of all our young people. 👏🏻 To help with the next stage of the journey, we’re launching a half-price monthly bus pass for 18 to 21 year-olds from 1 September. 🐝 So aim high and get ready to go as far as you can! 💪🏻

At our event on public investment earlier this year, Andy Burnham described the housing crisis as Britain's 'single biggest problem' ⬇️

For the next four weeks, we are lifting the 9.30am rule on older and disabled people’s bus passes. We hope it will help people over the summer as well as provide valuable data on whether we have the capacity and finances to make it permanent. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏻

Timely catch-up with the Hillsborough Law Now campaign with @metromayorsteve.bsky.social. Incredible to see how it has grown with so many people from different walks of life now behind it. The message was clear: our resolve to fight for the full Hillsborough Law is only strengthening. 💪🏻

The best way to save billions from the benefits system? Launch the biggest council home building programme the UK has seen since the post-war years.👇🏻

GM is growing fast. We will expand @BeeNetwork over the next decade to meet the needs of our bigger economy. BUT There’s a limit to what we can do on a congested surface. It’s why I am asking TfGM to start planning for an underground for GM around a remodelled Piccadilly.

The truth about UK nuclear veterans has been 'covered up', Andy Burnham tells #Newsnight www.bbc.com/news/article...

"The Government needs to take a more unifying path... there is genuine, deep anxiety about these proposals." Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham urges the Government to listen to Labour MPs who oppose proposed welfare cuts. #Newsnight

Truth about UK nuclear veterans 'covered up', says Andy Burnham www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Well done Lee Carsley and his team. Tactical masterclass! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

An honour to attend and to be able to tell Pep in person just how much we appreciate his loyalty and incredible contribution to City and our city-region. 🙏🏻

My salary donation for May supporting our #BedEveryNight scheme.👇🏻 Please donate here if you can > www.gmmayorscharity.org.uk 🙏🏻

📈 Andy Burnham will use £10 million from his combined authority’s coffers to double the value of a special government grant to boost post-16 student capacity next year feweek.co.uk/burnham-boos...

'A gamechanging moment' for Greater Manchester's Bee Network

🔥 HUGE NEWS! In a powerful convergence of music, activism, and leadership, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, @andyburnham.bsky.social, and the British trip hop collective Massive Attack signed a declaration and opened a Treaty banner on the rooftop on this #WorldEnvironmentDay2025.

BIG news for the @BeeNetwork! The Government is backing it with £2.5 billion to become the UK’s first fully-integrated, all-electric public transport system by 2030. 🐝

Our huge event, 'CHANGE: HOW? A Decade of Radical Renewal', is happening on SATURDAY! @andyburnham.bsky.social, @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social, Mark Drakeford and Lou Haigh - as well as more than 30 others - are coming together to discuss how Labour can achieve 'national renewal'!

Victims of the infected blood scandal have been ‘left in the dark’ about when they will receive compensation, ex-health secretary Andy Burnham has said

We know every day is difficult for all those whose lives changed forever eight years ago - but this one particularly so. Today we remember, send our love to you all and recommit our unending support.

To mark becoming Re:State, today we've published a collection of short essays by leading thinkers, all making the case for bold action to remake the State What an honour to have this incredible line up involved READ the collection here: re-state.co.uk/publications...

FREE TO READ: Our interview with Andy Burnham (@andyburnham.bsky.social), in which the Greater Manchester Mayor talks about devolution, housing, the need for ideological confidence, and why Westminster should abolish the whiping system renewal.org.uk/articles/int...

We are excited to annouce that *Renewal - a journal of social democracy* has relaunched with a new publisher, a new editorial team, and a newly-revamped website. Our relaunch issue is now available here to both new and existing subscribers: renewal.org.uk/journal/volu...

We can’t keep paying for the NHS by cutting everything that might prevent people needing to use it in the first place.👇🏻 www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

The improvements to transport in GM keep on coming. 🐝 Irlam Station now has new lifts and step-free access. 👍🏻 Over the next three years, eight more will be made fully accessible: Swinton, Hindley, Bryn, Reddish North, Levenshulme, Bredbury, Newton for Hyde and Flowery Field.

Thank you @andyburnham.bsky.social for standing with our nuclear test veterans 🙏 Superb work by @fleetstreetfox.bsky.social & @mirror.co.uk in exposing one of the greatest injustices & worst cover-ups in British history 👏