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- Bev Craig (Labour leader) will replace Andy Burnham as mayor of Greater Manchester on Thursday.
- At 41, Craig becomes Labour’s most powerful woman, overseeing a £3 billion budget and authority over housing, health, policing and transport.
- She declined the Gorton and Denton by-election in February, saying the mayoral role is not a Westminster stepping stone.
- Polls show Labour ahead of Reform UK and give the Greens 17 % in a YouGov survey.
