Bev Craig: “I'm honoured, I'm humbled and I stand ready to serve the three million people that live across this fantastic city…”

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.

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

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

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.