The speech of his / her life is needed. How often has that old political cliché been rolled out ahead of a party conference ...

Northern Powerhouse Rail is to be delayed again, in a blow to Sir Keir Starmer. Concerns over the cost of the plan to build a ...

Mr Burnham said he will limit public appearances at the party’s conference, to be held in Liverpool from Sunday, in an effort to avoid stepping on the cabinet’s toes as party bosses try to reset the ...

The BBC understands the prime minister will now not announce plans for a rail link between Manchester and Liverpool at the ...

Part of the plans would involve expensive tunnelling between Manchester city centre and Manchester airport, which originally formed part of the northern leg of the High Speed 2 rail line. That portion ...

Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, has said Labour MPs are privately urging him to challenge Keir Starmer to become ...

The last time Andy Burnham and I were in touch, I’d messaged him to apologise for changing the time of our interview because ...