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Manchester to host world leaders at G20 summit in 2027
The summit will be the city’s largest ever, with hundreds of local people expected to help and events planned across the country.
The UK government confirmed that Manchester will host the G20 summit on November 27 and 28, 2027, at the Manchester Central Convention Centre in the heart of the city.
Britain assumes the G20 presidency from the United States this December following the Miami summit; officials selected Manchester as the host city earlier this year, before Prime Minister Andy Burnham took office.
The G20 brings together 19 of the world's largest economies plus representatives from the European Union and the African Union, representing more than 85% of the world's wealth.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham travels to New York on Tuesday to meet Donald Trump for the first time, following earlier tensions when Trump called him 'the mayor of a town'.
Invitations for the 2027 summit will include Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Jinping, and Argentina's Javier Milei; Councillor Garry Bridges of Manchester City Council said the event would have been 'unthinkable a couple of years ago'.