Burnham had two hospitality dinners with Man City chairman, deleted records show
Andy Burnham had two hospitality dinners with Manchester City football club's chairman while mayor of Greater Manchester, it has emerged.
Former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham had two hospitality dinners with Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak while in office, revelations from deleted records show. The PM previously declined to discuss specific conversations with the club during a time when Manchester City faced severe sanctions for allegedly breaking Premier League rules related to commercial partnerships.
Burnham's two dinners at Etihad Stadium in 2017 and 2018 were set to be detailed in a statement by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority about his meetings with the club. However, those records have since been deleted from the GMCA website. The Prime Minister's office defended the dinners, stating they were received as hospitality during home games.
Political figures, including Tory shadow sports minister Louie French and Reform UK's Robert Jenrick, have called for more transparency about Burnham's interactions with Manchester City since the club's guilty verdict.
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