Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Andy Burnham says he would not 'back down from an argument' over levelling up with the government as he unveiled a £1bn funding bid for a 'London-style' transport network for the Greater Manchester - but urged the Prime Minister: "Let's not go there." The mayor said a repeat last year’s stand-off with Boris Johnson over Covid-19 restriction funding 'won’t necessarily help people', but insisted: "We never back down from an argument." Speaking in the shadow of the Midland Hotel, where key government personnel are staying for this weekend’s Conservative Party Conference, Mr Burnham said he was presenting a 'positive offer', but also sounded a warning to