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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nina Lloyd

Burnham labelled ‘Avanti Andy’ as he is issued warning over London-Manchester power bubble

Andy Burnham’s plan for a “No 10 North” based in Manchester risks creating a new power bubble and overlooking left-behind communities, Sir Ed Davey has said.

On a visit to Torbay in Devon, the Liberal Democrat leader will say the prime minister-in-waiting’s devolution proposals could push the Government “even further away” from areas like those in the South West.

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