Burnham had two hospitality dinners with Man City chairman, deleted records show

Author: bbc.co.ukPublished on: October 14, 2026Country: United Kingdom

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Burnham had two hospitality dinners with Man City chairman, deleted records show

Andy Burnham, former mayor of Greater Manchester, had two hospitality dinners with Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak in 2017 and 2018. These dinners were not detailed in a recent GMCA statement, which only mentioned a formal meeting at the 2021 UK Government's Global Investment Summit and an informal meeting at a testimonial match in 2019. The declarations including these dinners were later deleted from the GMCA website, raising questions about transparency. Burnham is under pressure to clarify his discussions with the club amid Manchester City's guilty verdict for breaching Premier League rules.

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