Keir Starmer Meets With The Six Labour Northern Metro Mayors

LEEDS , ENGLAND - MAY 19: (L-R) Oliver Coppard, Mayor of South Yorkshire, Jamie Driscoll, Mayor of the North of Tyne Combines Authority, Lisa Nandy, Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, Communities & Local Government, Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, Steve Rotherham, Mayor of City of Liverpool Region, Labour Leader, Keir Starmer, Dan Norris, Mayor of the West of England and Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire travel by bus to the Stourton Park and Ride facility on May 19, 2022 in Leeds , England. Metro mayors are directly elected by citizens in their area, and also known as combined authority mayors. The mayor and the combined authority, exercise the powers and functions devolved from Government, set out in the local area's devolution deal. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)