News about Andy Burnham

Sadiq Khan has apologised for suggesting the Chief Rabbi's criticism of his call for a Gaza ceasefire was due to his Muslim-sounding name. The London mayor revealed he had said sorry after venting his frustration during an interview about the backlash he faced. Speaking to journalist Mehdi Hasan earlier this week, Mr Khan had argued that there had been no equivalent response when Manchester mayor Andy Burnham called for an immediate ceasefire.

MIKE KEEGAN: New investor Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS group are considering two proposals. The preferred option is to build a state-of-the-art new stadium on land next to where United's historic home sits. However, a wide-scale regeneration of Old Trafford, which would initially be a less-expensive project, is also being considered.

The calls come after almost 3,000 people died after receiving tainted blood transfusions - including, pictured left to right, Mike Dorricott, Colin Smith and Nicky Calder. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and London mayor Sadiq Khan are now among those calling for families to be compensated as soon as a long-awaiting public inquiry report is published within weeks. Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin have also backed the campaign which follows years of agony for bereaved relatives. Up to 30,000 patients with haemophilia and other bleeding disorders were given tainted medical products in the 1970s and 1980s, with thousands infected with HIV and hepatitis C as a result.

Simon Jordan has mocked Everton's troubles on and off the pitch after they were thrashed 6-0 by Chelsea on Monday night. The Toffees produced an abject performance at Stamford Bridge as they remain 16th in the Premier League table, just two points above the relegation zone. It came a few hours after Everton officially lodged an appeal against their second points deduction of the campaign.

Andy Burnham once hailed Angela Rayner as an 'amazing politician' - but now the Greater Manchester mayor has been forced to clarify he will have no involvement in the police investigation into the Labour Deputy Leader's housing affairs. Mr Burnham's role incorporates the Police and Crime Commissioner for the region, which includes oversight of policing priorities and budgets. The role is delegated to the deputy mayor, Kate Green, but Burnham - who is up for re-election for a third term in office on May 2 - has been urged 'not to take a public position' or appear with Ms Rayner until the investigation concludes.

The barrister, who is married to ex-PM Sir Tony Blair , is backing the Children's Poverty Plan, which says the law that means Universal Credit payments cover only two of a family's children 'breaks the link between what children need and the support they receive'. Her intervention could be awkward for Sir Keir, who has said he plans to keep the cap in place if he wins the election, despite unease among Labour politicians including Manchester mayor Andy Burnham . Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning, Lady Blair said there had been a 'massive increase of relative poverty' in recent years.

Senior Labour politician Andy Burnham was warned last night to ensure he does nothing to jeopardise the police inquiry into his friend Angela Rayner. Tory MPs told Greater Manchester Mayor Burnham, who is also Police Commissioner, to refrain from public pronouncements about his party's deputy leader while the force, over whom he has political oversight, carries out its investigation into her affairs. Chris Clarkson, MP for Heywood and Middleton, said it is important he 'does not take any public position on this or appear with her until the inquiry is concluded'. He added: 'It's not just about justice being done but also about justice being seen to be done.' Though Mr Burnham will have no involvement in officers' investigation into Ms Rayner's alleged wrong declaration of her permanent address, the closeness of the two Labour stalwarts has been pointed out on social media.

The deputy leader was once 3/1 favourite to succeed Sir Keir Starmer but her odds have dramatically dropped to 41/1 on Saturday morning - down from 29/1 overnight, according to Betfair Exchange. Eight of her Shadow Cabinet colleagues are now placed more favourably following the police's announcement yesterday it will begin an investigation into whether she broke electoral law over the sale of her council house. However Starmer welcomed the probe by Greater Manchester Police into how his deputy dealt with the 2015 sale of her council house, saying he was 'fully confident' in his number two. But Betfair punters appeared less confident in her position in the party. Andy Burnham is now viewed as Starmer's most-likely successor, with the Mayor of Greater Manchester placed at 7/1. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves is second with 9/1. Yvette Cooper (10/1), Wes Streeting (12/1), and Lisa Nandy (14/1) are all placed ahead of Rayner.

Lance Corporal Jamie Webb, 24, from Handforth, Cheshire, was killed after rebels attacked his base in Helmand province, the country's only allied casualty of the assault. Following an unprovoked attack in the street just days after returning home from Iraq, the promising junior commander was days away from his second stint in Afghanistan. And though he was killed more than a decade ago, LCpl Webb's family is still remembering his service and thanking his courage on March 26 in his hometown.

Manchester United's Sir Jim Ratcliffe believes that by playing in a 'world class' Old Trafford attracted up to 100,000 spectators, they will imitate Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona. The Ineos billionaire, who paid £1.3 billion to purchase a 26.7 percent stake in United, has already stated his intention to either reimagine Old Trafford or create a new 'Wembley of the North.' Ratcliffe intends that England internationals and even major cup finals be relocated from Wembley Stadium and staged at the new venue.

Last year, nearly 5,000 stores closed across the United Kingdom after Wilko, Paperchase, and Lloyds pharmacy closed. However, a surge in new stores opened by thriving UK retailers, including Greggs, Domino's, and Costa last year, even if this hasn't been weighed by the number of closures. According to new reports from accounts PwC, the new stores were mainly coffee drive-through franchises, bubble tea shops, fast food franchises, and discount stores located outside of city centres. Last year, more than 14,000 stores closed across the United Kingdom, an average of 39 per day, with a net decrease of nearly 5,000 shops, or 14 per day. Fashion chains M&Co and Joules, stationers Paperchase, general store Wilko, and pub group Stonegate, which sells Slug & lettuce, saw the largest decrease in the number of outlets due to financial challenges or restructures. Discount store Aldi, Costa Rica, and Starbucks were among the new stores that were seen, as well as fast food franchises Greggs and Domino's.

After he said he "felt he'got away with" not following police conduct the night of the explosion that killed 22 people and injured hundreds of others, a former police officer who was leading the initial reaction to the Manchester Arena bombing will not face felony charges. He told the public inquiry into the 2017 attack that he made a deliberate decision not to alert other ambulance services that he had declared Operation Plato, the national code for dealing with a marauding terrorist firearms attack, because he feared it would hold ambulance and fire crews back. When interviewed in 2018 as part of the Kerslake Report, an independent inquiry into Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham's emergency response, he made no mention of going against protocol or keeping the information private from partner services. He said he wondered if he had 'almost got away with it on the night' when being questioned by the public inquiry into why he did not confessed to going against the procedure earlier. The former officer's file will now be heard at the Crown Prosecution Service, which will determine whether he met professional ethics, but not guilty.

Nottingham Forest has threatened to leave the City Ground as a result of a council election over rent - and the city has no fewer than four options for a new home. The club leases the property on which their historic base has been built since 1898, who are now demanding that the £250,000 rent be increased to £1 million. Chairman Tom Cartledge said that unless there was "real progress," they would have to 'look elsewhere.' The HS2 could be bought elsewhere and now not needed.

CHRIS WHEELER AT OLD TRAFFORD: Everton 0: Everton 1: Andy Burnham stepped up from his seat and turned the tables by asking a question of his inquisitors. 'So,' the Mayor of Greater Manchester and ardent Everton fan.' 'Any predictions?' Burnham had just completed his day work by marketing the opulence of a brand new Old Trafford, and he was about to start the weekend by watching his team from the directors' box of the old stadium.

CHRIS WHEELER: Andy Burnham has confirmed that a brand new Old Trafford will be part of the biggest revival in the north of England this century and permanently firmly place Manchester as the world's biggest football capital. Greater Manchester Mayor George Coe and Gary Neville have joined together on a taskforce to expedite the construction of a new 90,000-seater stadium, which may have the same transformative effect on Manchester as the 2012 Olympics on East London. A final decision about whether or not to rebuild Old Trafford or redevelop the existing stadium will be made around the fall, but the United board is behind Sir Jim Ratcliffe's proposals for a new state-of-the-art arena, and Burnham is behind it.

Locals are being blighted by a'sickening' stench that can be smelled from miles around, and a landfill site's 'eggy' odour is blighting their lives. Residents of Bury's Pilsworth South say they can't go outside without holding their noses due to the 'vile' stench that has spread miles downwind from the site. Those people who live near the site have described it as a "huge garbage heap" and "not a landfill but a landhill." Other people reported to Mail Online that the stench left them 'gagging' and too ashamed to welcome friends and family to their homes, while others were concerned about their health or potential pollution of local waterways. More than 3,600 people have now signed a petition calling for an inquiry into the ominous odor, which has even been raised in Parliament by Bury South MP Christian Wakeford.

SIMON JORDAN: Everton's winnable bid to reduce their ten-point penalty has resulted in inevitable and somewhat feeble criticism of both the Premier League and its chief executive Richard Masters. Now, I'm no fan of what I consider to be the middle of the Premier League, but I'm unconvinced by Masters. His roots go back to the Football League, when it was made up of lightweight thinkers and low-level achievers, and I don't see him as a good leader. Well, I'm no fan of Masters, but I do admit he has presided over a turbulent period. Richard Scudamore, his predecessor, was a master strategist, balancing all the personalities in the room and keeping everyone happy. So much so that he left stage left with a £5 million thank you from the clubs. He repeatedly gave better broadcast deals and continued to feed the ravenous beast, but he left a ticking time bomb when he stepped away from collectively receiving TV funds from overseas markets, which earned the top six more money. Scudamore signed the offence, but Masters will have to deal with it.

XCLUSIVE: Two women who dated Bumble Swindler Cieran McNamara (left) have shared how they were lured into his web of lies, with one of them losing £10,000 to the fraudster (pictured together at bottom right). McNamara, 37, of Coventry, Warwickshire, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a string of fake identities to misdefine love interests out of £300,000. He disguised himself as a luxurious property developer, entrepreneur, and barrister in order to rob four victims out of money from September 2022 to a year later. Detectives had "no doubt" that McNamara had targeted other people in the United Kingdom, and they had been urged to come forward if he had been sentenced. However, MailOnline has spoken to at least four other women who suspect McNamara of tricking them, dating back to 2013.

To attend Tony Lloyd's service in Manchester, Keir Starmer shunned the anniversary of his double by-election triumph. Former Prime Minister David Brown, deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, and Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham were among those on hand. Sir Tony died on January 17 at the age of 73, only days after learning that he was suffering from an incurable form of leukaemia.

Exclusive BY MIKEEGAN: Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS have already spoken to prospective investment partners both locally and abroad, looking to restore or renovate Old Trafford. Mail Sport can also report that the option to move away from Old Trafford has already been rejected in a wide-ranging special report ahead of the upcoming announcement of the petrochemical billionaire's 25 percent interest in his boyhood club next week. The group is leaning toward a complete restoration of land on the side of United's historic home, with the hope that the work will be finished in five years or sooner.

If elected, the mailout in Greater Manchester honors him as a "strong voice" for the town, as well as a portrait of metro mayor Andy Burnham. Having been spread out over the weekend, it appeared in homes today, before he was suspended on Monday for remarks he made regarding Israel's takeover of Gaza at a meeting last October. The Middle East's geopolitical crisis is missing from the leaflet, which focuses on local problems, such as the reopening of a hospital. "Labour is the preferred option for Britain," it says, just above Mr Ali's signature.

Richard Master's decision to decline Parliament's offer to release his witness testimony to the independent commission has been condemned by Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, who also asked, "What are they trying to conceal." Everton's chief executive had been asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage, the chair of the DCMS committee, to hand over the minutes of the board meeting that had given Everton a 10-point deduction for financial misdeeds. Last year, the Merseyside club breached the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability Laws, receiving the highest points penalty in the division's history.

After months of wrangling in the shadow cabinet, Keir Starmer (right) is expected to make the new U-turn. The action came only a day after the prime minister said that the parcel is 'desperately needed.' However, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves (left) has taken a very different tone, announcing that she would not endorse any proposals in the manifesto that are ineffective. The news has sparked outrage among senior Labour figures, with mayors including Andy Burnham demanding that the plans go forward. John McTernan, a former Blair strategist, branded it'stupid.'

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has envisioned that a new Old Trafford would be the 'Wembley of the North.' Since purchasing a 25 percent interest in the club, the INEOS billionaire has started talks with Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham. Ratcliffe is shooting for a world-leading, iconic venue to rival Wembley and its 90,000-capacity, and it may require government assistance to fulfill the aspirations.