Bev Craig: “For a prime minister two weeks in, to start giving powers out of Whitehall and putting it in the places that can make a…”

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

I am standing as my own person, with my own ideas, and I’ll be accountable to this region, and to no one else.

I've long argued, as did Andy before he became prime minister, that Greater Manchester should have more power and more control.

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