Bev Craig: “I've long argued, as did Andy before he became prime minister, that Greater Manchester should have more power and more…”

I never believed as a girl growing up on a council estate that one day I would have the chance to stand for the place that I love.

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

For a prime minister two weeks in, to start giving powers out of Whitehall and putting it in the places that can make a difference - that can change our lives.

When people ask what’s the difference between you and Andy - there’s loads of differences. But I am standing as my own person, with my own ideas, and I’ll be accountable to this region, and to no one else.