first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 06:59
Thomas Woldbye told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it would be "good to know" the government's position on the project, after Prime Minister Andy Burnham refused to say whether he backed expansion.
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 06:59
Burnham, who as Mayor of Greater Manchester opposed the scheme, said he believed the matter was "for London and Londoners".
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 12:06
On Monday, the GMCA released a statement about Burnham's meetings with Man City in his role as mayor for the region for almost a decade.
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 12:06
Burnham told the Rest Is Politics podcast last week: "I've been asked by the leader of the opposition to publish details of my meetings, which I'm happy to do and I'm going to.
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 16:30
Burnham's answer was to say and announce as much as he could without exposing himself to questions from journalists asking about Trump's latest betrayal of Kyiv.
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 16:30
In reply, Burnham admitted it was a "very dark and difficult moment" for Zelensky, who was "carrying the heaviest of weights" right now.
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 17:30
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said his government is committed to investing in defence, including nuclear deterrence, while not seeking to escalate tensions with Russia.
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 17:30
Delivering a speech at the UN General Assembly, external last month, Burnham said his government would invest in defence and build up the UK's "hard power and deterrence".
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 17:30
Burnham said in the Commons last month that a second referendum could be held once there was a clear consensus and public opinion had changed.
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 18:37
Andy Burnham has said he will not support his party forming a partnership with the Green Party as long as it maintains a policy of defining Zionism as a form of racism.
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 19:20
"We are behind you and that will not change," Andy Burnham has told Volodymyr Zelensky, as he hosted the Ukrainian leader in Downing Street.
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 19:20
Speaking in Downing Street, Burnham said the recent days had been "dark and difficult" for Ukraine, with the country suffering "heavy bombardment".
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 19:46
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the chages part of a series of "everyday fixes" to ease cost of living pressures on households.
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 19:49
After the meeting, Burnham announced a new national brain cancer clinical lead and promised a review of brain cancer progress and action to get patients treatment sooner.
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 19:49
Burnham said: "He has spoken passionately about the need for change on brain cancer, and he's right: progress hasn't been good enough, here or anywhere else.
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 22:41
Burnham told Zelensky that Britain "would forever stand by you" and that he was accelerating the delivery of air defences to Ukraine.
first BBC · Wed 14 Oct, 22:41
Burnham previously told MPs that he would try to "repair bridges" between Ukraine and the United States and that Ukraine won't leave "empty-handed".