Andy Burnham plans to move parts of No 10 operation to Manchester
Summary
Andy Burnham plans to move parts of the prime minister’s office from London to Manchester if he becomes prime minister later this year. This move aims to share power more evenly across the country and address regional differences.Key Facts
- Andy Burnham is currently the Member of Parliament for Makerfield and the former mayor of Greater Manchester.
- He wants to shift some operations of the prime minister’s office to Manchester as part of decentralizing government power.
- Burnham is expected to include this plan in a speech about devolving power scheduled for next week.
- He is a leading candidate to become the next prime minister after Keir Starmer announced his resignation.
- Burnham supports giving all UK regions the power to elect mayors and have their own devolved governments.
- He promotes a “Makerfield test” to measure how government policies affect his local constituents.
- The UK has significant regional inequality, which Burnham says is partly due to political power being focused in London.
- Some government departments have already moved offices to northern towns like Darlington, where 1,600 civil servants will work in a new building.
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