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Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham during a visit to Cambridge to speak with people about the 'innovation partnership' between Manchester and Cambridge announced last year, November 5, 2024
CULTURE Secretary Lisa Nandy rejected Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham’s calls for a new national inquiry into grooming gangs today.
Mr Burnham backed a “limited” new investigation into historical child sexual abuse in areas including Oldham and Rochdale.
MPs on Wednesday rejected a Tory amendment to the government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which called for another national inquiry but would have derailed the legislation.
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
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Durham Miners’ Association chair STEPHEN GUY speaks to Ben Chacko about the Reform threat, what’s needed from Labour and why the Big Meeting will never lose its politics
