Andy Burnham to spend first working day at new No 10 North in Manchester – UK politics live
It will drive reindustrialisation and growth across every postcode of the UK. It will remove barriers to regeneration, from council housebuilding to public transport infrastructure. Crucially, No 10 North will bring the whole of Whitehall together behind places rather than standing in their way.
- ▪It will drive reindustrialisation and growth across every postcode of the UK.
- ▪It will remove barriers to regeneration, from council housebuilding to public transport infrastructure.
- ▪Crucially, No 10 North will bring the whole of Whitehall together behind places rather than standing in their way.
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- ▪ Burnham to spend first day working from northern branch of No 10 — BBC News — UK
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04.17 EDTBurnham to hold first meeting in new No 10 North in ManchesterAndy Burnham will hold his first meeting in No 10 North in Manchester today, the new branch of Downing Street in the north-west that the prime minister has described as “the biggest rebalancing of power our country has seen”.He will chair the inaugural meeting of the national economic council [NEC], a cabinet committee first launched in 2008 by Gordon Brown in response to the financial crash. It will bring together senior ministers and regional mayors to shift economic decision-making away from London.Writing for the Guardian, Burnham said: “It is about taking power down and placing it in the hands of people who can use it best.”He added: double quotation markNo 10 North will be responsible for accelerating…
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