Bev Craig: “(People) that want to put more money in their pockets. That want to make life easier, that are on their side, and I’m…”

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.

We will work together, we will do it together, we will deliver it together and we will build a Greater Manchester that works for all of us, that we are all part of, where everyone feels welcome and everyone has the chance to succeed.

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

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.