Fact check: Has Andy Burnham really failed to build any social housing as Greater Manchester mayor?

Reform UK mayoral candidate Sian Astley claimed Andy Burnham had not built a single social home during his nine years as mayor of Greater Manchester – but government data tells a different story.


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