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A long-running legal battle involving Andy Burnham's office looks set to drag on well into next year in a new twist.

The mayor’s office, Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), was sued by wealthy city centre landowner Aubrey Weis in 2024 over two loans given by the GMCA to Renaker, one of the city’s biggest developers.

Mr Weis claimed the GMCA’s decision to loan £140m to two special-purpose companies owned by Renaker owner Daren Whitaker broke the Subsidy Control Act.

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Millions were loaned via the GMCA’s housing investment loans fund, which Mr Burnham has talked up and helped secure a decade-long extension to.

The competition appeals tribunal (CAT) ruled in July that the GMCA had not broken the law

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