Can Andy Burnham rewire the ‘Treasury brain’ to boost growth?
“The new No 10 North innovation is more significant than people realise,” he said.View image in fullscreenBurnham ally Louise Haigh oversees No 10 North. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesBurnham’s route to growth runs through devolutionOne of the few detailed policy publications the new cabinet has so far produced was on radical plans for devolution. Former Conservative chief secretary to the Treasury David Gauke says the Treasury’s control over tax and spend, which it will maintain under the shake-up, means it is inevitably powerful.
- ▪“The new No 10 North innovation is more significant than people realise,” he said.View image in fullscreenBurnham ally Louise Haigh oversees No 10 North.
- ▪Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesBurnham’s route to growth runs through devolutionOne of the few detailed policy publications the new cabinet has so far produced was on radical plans for devolution.
- ▪Former Conservative chief secretary to the Treasury David Gauke says the Treasury’s control over tax and spend, which it will maintain under the shake-up, means it is inevitably powerful.
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Andy Burnham said the ‘new No 10 North innovation is more significant than people realise.’ Photograph: Jeff Overs/ReutersView image in fullscreenAndy Burnham said the ‘new No 10 North innovation is more significant than people realise.’ Photograph: Jeff Overs/ReutersEconomic growth (GDP)AnalysisCan Andy Burnham rewire the ‘Treasury brain’ to boost growth?Heather StewartPM wants to reduce department’s stranglehold on public purse and bring long-term thinking to economic policyWed 19 Aug 2026 14.46 EDTFirst published on Wed 19 Aug 2026 14.04 EDTShareAndy Burnham is far from the first prime minister to dream of taming the power of the mighty Treasury.Boris Johnson all but forced the resignation of Sajid Javid by handpicking his team; Margaret Thatcher favoured her economic adviser Alan…
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