Andy Burnham, Manchester Mayor.
(Picture: Amanda Searle)I have been in politics long enough to know one thing for certain: no votes were ever won by changing the names of Whitehall departments. So why do governments constantly do it?
The only plausible answer is because they think that, alongside new faces in a reshuffle, it’s an easy way of conveying a fresh sense of government focus and direction to the wider world.
