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PM 'struggling' to find time to head back to his beloved Manchester
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (360+ words) Andy Burnham's No 10 North is turning into a 'fiasco' with the Prime Minister 'struggling' to find the time to leave London to head back to his beloved Manchester, Government sources say. Mr Burnham announced the new department with great fanfare…...
'Andy Burnham believes all of England can be like Manchester"
19+ hour, 55+ min ago (436+ words) The Prime Minister believes that he transformed Manchester when he served as Greater Manchester Mayor for nine years. His commitment to devolution “is backed by a decade of personal experience of turning around one of the UK’s former industrial heartlands…...
Making London poorer won’t make Britain richer, Burnham warned
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (478+ words) Steve Reed, the former housing secretary, said voters and MPs were concerned that ‘Manchesterism is anti-London’ Andy Burnham has been told he “can’t make the rest of the country richer by making London poorer” by a staunch ally of Sir…...
Untangling the web: How devolution could simplify skills and employment support | Centre for Cities
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (539+ words) Greater powers to city region mayors could simplify 16-19 education, adult skills, and employment support. Blog post published on 10 September 2026 by Rob Johnson There are many ways to describe the UK’s sprawling skills and employment support system. The Milburn Review puts…...
Andy Burnham, pub saviour, could be on the outs with the inns
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (14+ words) The Times...
Andy Burnham's 'Number 10 North' just got exposed as an embarrassing farce
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (452+ words) 'Ange, your mic is off!' Isn't it a bit odd of the Housing Secretary to conduct the business of No10 North without deigning to grace Manchester with the benefit of her presence at all? Cynical readers may suggest that Andy Burnham's…...
Future Forum Midlands: Burnham must resolve tensions, says influential think-tank
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (59+ words) The MJ Prime Minister Andy Burnham faces the challenge of turning rhetoric into action, an influential think-tank has said. Burnham has included several recommendations from the Future Governance Forum in the ‘Rewiring the State' Cabinet statement and appointed forum founder…...
Indyref: Andy Burnham ‘pulling the pin on constitutional hand grenade’
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (451+ words) Andy Burnham has been accused of “pulling the pin on a constitutional hand grenade” after John Swinney wrote to the Prime Minister following his comments on independence. On Wednesday the Prime Minister said Scotland can have a second independence referendum…...
Gordon Brown think tank calls on SNP to adopt regional mayors
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (481+ words) GORDON Brown's think tank has said the Scottish Government should introduce regional directly-elected regional mayors and allow city regions to keep tax revenues. Our Scottish Future has produced a report written by written by former government adviser Jim Gallagher which…...
'Andy Burnham's obsessed with the past – his fool's paradise ignores reality"
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (645+ words) Which brings me to the state of the world, its leaders, our small corner of the globe and our polyglot Parliamentarians. We live in a dangerous world. Like a cornered animal, President Putin is lashing out in his pursuit of…...