Andy Burnham is our new Prime Minister and his record as Mayor of Greater Manchester proves that when you back local communities with real power and proper funding, you get real results. The Bee Network (bringing buses back under public control) showed exactly what’s possible when you trust communities to run their own services. But you can’t build a stronger local economy on broken public services. We need real business rates reform that gives our high street a fighting chance. I’ve already told the Prime Minister this directly and I won’t stop until we get results.