Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Greater Manchester’s leaders are intending to get noticed at Conservative Party Conference this week as the government once again sets up shop at Manchester Central.
As we report today, Andy Burnham and council chiefs are seeking a leveling up package from ministers that has transport at its heart - in a bid the mayor has dubbed ‘game changing’.
That transport package is in fact made up of bids to several different pots of funding, but ultimately is intended to create a 21st Century system in the style of other major European cities.
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