Burnham says politics ‘needs new script’ and vows to change Labour if elected as Makerfield MP – as it happened
Andy Burnham talks up his local credentials and says: ‘This is not business as usual, this is not more of the same’ On transport, Burnham says “I like my buses” (they were taken back under public control in Greater Manchester in 2023) but he was woeful about the cost of rail journeys. £364 is the cost of an anytime return from Wigan North Western to London Euston. So how can people here connect with the capital and all of the opportunities it’s got, if they cannot afford those train fares? We n…
