Bev Craig: “So it's absolutely fantastic that in two weeks since becoming prime minister, he's coming good on his long-standing…”

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.

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.

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.