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Andy Burnham Articles

10 podcasts progressives should not miss

Richard Angell picks his favourite podcast episodes from 2017 Following Labour party conference 2017 Progress launched its own podcast, Progressive Britain. It is the brainchild of Alison McGovern – our amazing chair – and hosted by my colleague Conor Pope. It is...

Crowdsourcing cities

Devolution and leadership could be the key to Britain’s digital future – Richard Angell visits Andy Burnham's digital summit in Manchester Last week, Andy Burnham opened his second ‘digital summit’ since being elected Greater Manchester mayor in May with a bold vision...

A mayoral-led devolution revolution

Andy Burnham's manifesto launch was a glimpse into the potentially transformative role England's new metro mayors could play, writes Luke Raikes Today, the race to govern Greater Manchester moved up a gear. Andy Burnham has just published his manifesto, in his...

Respect the man date

Labour remains a long way from power nationally but next year should hopefully bring a group of new city leaders. What a shame, then, that each one will be male.   For a long time Labour has preached more than practised the idea of equality in who it selects to...