Bev Craig: “We have to move away from divisive politics, and we'll do it together.”

The generational belief that we had, that if you work hard and do the right thing, your life will be better and the life of the community will be better, is something that many people just don’t feel at the minute.

Every single decision I take, as your Mayor of Greater Manchester, will pass the test of making your life better.

I will rise to his challenge about taking the power and control that he is offering mayors like me to make our regions better.

I am standing as my own person, with my own ideas, and I’ll be accountable to this region, and to no one else.