Burnham pledges ‘biggest rebalancing of power our country has seen’ as he sets out plans for new Number 10 office in Manchester

By Tom Lowe2026-06-29T11:02:00

Favourite to become UK’s next PM also promises ’biggest council house building programme since the post-war period’

Andy Burnham has set out his vision to set up an outpost of the prime minister’s office in Manchester which will function as the “nerve centre of a rewired Britain”.

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