S TANDING OUTSIDE the new “Number 10 North” office, set up by Andy Burnham in the centre of Manchester, is a statue of John Bright, a radical free-trader and one of the founders of the original “Manchesterism”,

"You are the right person to lead this great city region forward into its best decade ever, because that is what the next decade is going to be," the PM told Ms Craig. She told a crowd of Labour activists: "Come Monday morning,

Labour's Bev Craig has beaten off Reform in the polls with a two-thirds majority to become Greater Manchester's new mayor.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has opened No. 10 North in Manchester as a working political base. The move tests whether power and investment can truly shift beyond Westminster.

Bev Craig will now take over as “Queen of the North”.

India, Aug. 1 -- Labour politician Bev Craig has been elected as the new Mayor of Greater Manchester, succeeding UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham after winning the mayoral by-election. Her victory ensures Labour retains control of one of England's most influential mayoralties following Burnham's return to Westminster and subsequent appointment as Prime Minister.

Bev Craig claimed victory in the Mayoral race to fill Andy Burnham's still warm seat despite failing to win over 50 per cent of the first preference vote and a very low turnout of under a quarter of the electorate.

"It needs to be addressed"