Bev Craig: “So, the hard work begins. I’ve done it with a promise and a plan, and my promise to you is that I will leave this city…”

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.

Because that is what it is all about.

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.