Bev Craig

If I'm successful, my job will be to fight for this city region and hold power accountable for the things we were frustrated we couldn't get.

You win those people back by making a difference in their lives and dealing with their grievances in a way that gives them more money, more agency, and more control, rather than simply some parties that choose to divide neighbours and make…

But I'm also not afraid to say that I'm my own person, and I've always operated that way in politics.

This, for me, is the dream job. Anyone that doesn’t believe that shouldn’t be standing because it’s disrespectful to the people of Greater Manchester.

The world is looking to us. The country is looking to what we can achieve. Now is the moment in Greater Manchester to build a place that fights for us, that works for us and creates a future for all of us.

We need a Mayor who stands up for ordinary people

I’ll build a new generation of council housing, 50,000 homes across all our boroughs that everyone can afford

I’ll build on the work Andy did and make sure every young person has the careers advice, work placements and pathway to help them get a successful job

As Mayor every decision will be about making life cheaper and easier for us all

I also expect him to be true to his word on devolution.

I’m hopeful that they [voters] do reject the politics of division, yes.

But do not underestimate my ability to hold anyone’s feet to the fire when it means getting what we need for Greater Manchester.

I think he will fight really hard to remain authentic. I think in politics we don’t see much of that.

I’ve made the commitment upfront around a cost-of-living guarantee that every single decision I make will be about making people better off.

We’re taking Reform’s threat here seriously. They did well in the local elections so they are a real threat to Greater Manchester and we’ll be running a very energetic campaign.

What we see in Clacton is a stain on democracy. Having Nigel Farage fight a bin because he doesn’t want to be accountable for his decisions is a disgrace.

The world I’m from if you get a tenner, you ask why you’ve been given a tenner. To get £5million is just something I can’t relate to.

I actually got involved in politics because I didn’t see enough people in politics who looked like me.

People said that they wanted to see change faster. They wanted to feel that things were getting better, and that they wanted the Labour Party to listen and to learn from that.

I think you have to be honest, don't you? I think the local elections were difficult for Labour across the country.

It does seem to me like Labour has listened.

I love a fight, because I’ve had to fight for everything that I’ve got in life.

I think we've also started to build something around what you see with our economy. This has been decades in the making.

This place changed my life and I owe it everything. It gave me opportunities I could never have imagined, and I've spent my career trying to give something back.

Greater Manchester is a special place – from the Industrial Revolution, the trade union and co-operative movements and the suffragettes, this place has always fought for progress.