# Burnham forced to order fresh 'trawl' of gifts and freebies

> Andy Burnham orders manual review of undisclosed gifts after City dealings emerge.
- Title: Burnham forced to order fresh 'trawl' of gifts and freebies
- Summary: Andy Burnham orders manual review of undisclosed gifts after City dealings emerge. Andy Burnham ordered a manual review of gifts and hospitality after…
- Keywords: andy burnham, manchester city, greater manchester combined authority, khaldoon al mubarak, ferran soriano, roel de vries, gifts, freebies, trawl, news, entertainment, Burnham
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- Published: 2026-10-15T22:57:34+00:00
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- Topics: andy burnham, manchester city, greater manchester combined authority, khaldoon al mubarak, ferran soriano, roel de vries, gifts, freebies, trawl, news, entertainment
## Burnham squirming over City dealings
Andy Burnham left squirming over the true extent of his dealings with Manchester City's bosses.
## Prime Minister orders new audit
The Prime Minister has been forced to order a new audit and seemed to admit not all of his meetings with the club's owners may have been published.
## Burnham asks GMCA for manual trawl
He revealed he has now asked Greater Manchester Combined Authority to carry out a 'manual trawl' of gifts and hospitality he received when mayor.
## Tory spokesman calls for apology
Tory sports spokesman Louie French said: 'The Prime Minister told Parliament that he would publish all of his Man City dealings on Monday afternoon.It didn't happen, and he cannot blame the GMCA for that fact.
## Burnham's previous claims
He told one podcast: 'I will quite clearly put out there everything that I have done working with them in my previous role as Mayor of Greater Manchester.'
## Burnham's Commons assurance
In the Commons on Monday, he assured MPs: 'All my dealings will be published this afternoon in relation to any meetings with the owners of Manchester City.'
## GMCA reveals limited meetings
But then GMCA issued only a brief statement that mentioned one 'formal meeting' Mr Burnham had with City's chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak in 2021, and another occasion in 2019 when the pair met 'informally in…
## Deleted register shows more meetings
It was then revealed that a deleted register of gifts and hospitality showed Mr Burnham had, in fact, also enjoyed two hospitality dinners with Mr Al Mubarak in 2017 and 2018, valued at £999 in…
## Additional meetings reported
It was reported he also met City's chief executive Ferran Soriano in 2023 and former chief operating officer Roel de Vries last year.
## Burnham's transparency claim
During Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Mr Burnham said: 'I am very happy for everything to be set out in full.'
## Burnham's explanation for dinners
Asked why he hadn't declared the dinners, Mr Burnham insisted: 'No, it was included in the statement. It referenced meetings and hospitality at Manchester City when I was there as a guest.'
## Burnham orders more trawl
But he went on: 'I've asked them [GMCA] to do a more manual trawl of everything because I want everything possible to be out there.'
## Cover-up stench emerges
The growing stench of a cover-up over Andy Burnham's cosy ties to Man City's disgraced Emirati owner: Deleted declarations, millions in taxpayer-funded loans and mystery meetings.
## Key takeaway

Andy Burnham ordered a manual review of gifts and hospitality after undisclosed meetings with Manchester City's owners were revealed.