Candidates and ‘foot soldiers’ gather as starting gun fired on election campaign

All three of the party’s candidates, Yasmin Qureshi, Phil Brickell and Kirith Entwistle gathered at the Greater Manchester Business School on Great Moor Street ahead of weeks of campaigning.

A range of speakers included Bolton Council leader Nick Peel, shadow cabinet member Lucy Powell and Bromley Cross based businesswoman and former Conservative voter Allison Angel.

Ms Angel said: “I just always thought that they were the…