This is what people outside Greater Manchester think about Andy Burnham

Greater Manchester's Andy Burnham is the most trusted metro mayor in the country but other parts of the North feel they're losing out because of his success, according to a new report.

A survey described as the largest of its kind about the public’s levelling up priorities reveals 87% of voters in the North West feel their area gets significantly less government spending than it deserves.

This is in stark contrast to the 44% of Londoners who believe their region gets less than its fair share of funding and 50% in the South East.

The survey of 20,000 people by the UK in a Changing Europe Research Initiative and YouTube reveals Labour's Mr Burnham has higher levels of trust than any other metro mayor.

Hear more from the people behind the report on The Northern Agenda podcast

His 40% rating compares with 36% for Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen, 31% for London's Sadiq Khan and 28% for Liverpool City Region's Steve Rotheram.

But focus groups carried out as part of the same report found that frustration over some areas getting more funding than others was often laid at the door of the mayors.

The report says: "Their high profile — particularly that of Andy Burnham — was thought to have contributed to regional inequalities, in that it enabled them to lobby effectively for increased funding, which came at the expense of neighbouring areas, furthering intra-regional inequalities."

One member of a focus group in Nottingham told interviewers: "I am sick to death of money being put into metro areas. So, it always goes to Manchester but what about Burnley and Rochdale and Bolton and all.

"They get left to become complete sh**holes because everything goes into the centre. It’s the same in Newcastle… Newcastle gets everything spent on