Bev Craig: “Today – I hope that you will put your trust in me, and vote Labour. I promise I will not let you down.”

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

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.

Because that is what it is all about.

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.