GREATER Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has pledged his trust in the young generation in Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abraham's annual summer school.

Making an appearance in the online session, Mr Burnham told the participants, aged from 18 to 24, that he believes they will put "right the chaos brought about" by his generation.

The metro mayor said: “My generation of politicians has brought us to this place where we’re very polarised, very unequal, very unhappy.

"Genuinely, I believe your generation of politicians will come through and will heal this mess that we’ve lived through.”

Ali Raza, from Glodwick and attends Oldham College where he studies business enterprise, is one of the summer school participants that took part in the session.

He said: “The session with Andy Burnham was really exciting, and in-depth, helping me learn about how to work in your own community, and was an interesting insight into the world of politics.

"Andy came across as a humble person who wants to help people, especially us as young people and students, and help us decide what we want to do in our careers.”

Mr Burnham also praised the summer school concept, first launched in 2014.

He said: “It’s an amazing thing Debbie does running this summer school each year.

“I regularly come into contact with people who say to me ‘oh you might remember me, I was on Debbie Abrahams’ summer school’!

“It’s brilliant, and I love it, and I’ll always support it because it’s an amazing thing to do and it will bring through the next generation of leaders.”