Deleted records show Andy Burnham had two hospitality dinners with Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak in 2017 and 2018. The disclosure comes as he faces pressure over his past dealings with the club after its Premier League breach ruling.
01Summary
- 01A Greater Manchester Combined Authority register recorded a £300 dinner with the chairman at an Everton match at the Etihad in August 2017.
- 02It also recorded a dinner with the chairman at the Manchester derby in April 2018, valued at about £699.
- 03The register has since been deleted from the GMCA website, which the authority says is because it only publishes entries from the current mayoral term.
- 04Burnham said on the Rest Is Politics podcast that he would publish details of his meetings and that he had only one significant meeting, in 2021.
- 05Manchester City was found guilty in September of breaching Premier League financial rules over a nine-year period from 2009 to 2018 and has appealed.
02Why it matters
The disclosures add to scrutiny of Burnham’s past contacts with Manchester City at a time when the club is fighting a major rules case. They also raise questions about how openly such hospitality and meetings have been recorded and published.
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