Andy Burnham has defended the council's decision
Andy Burnham has defended the cancellation of Manchester’s public fireworks display this year — despite spending millions on an arts centre ‘most won’t visit’, it’s claimed.
READ MORE: We can't afford Bonfire Night, but spent millions on an arts venue most people won't visit “Councils have to cut their cloth very closely these days because they have not got the budget they once had to put on those events that do not necessarily bring that economic return.
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