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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Dan Haygarth,Athena Stavrou,Bryony Gooch and Kate Devlin

Burnham latest: PM in waiting unveils ‘No 10 North’ plan to get power out of London as he vows to ‘rewire Britain’

Andy Burnham confirmed plans for a “No 10 in the North” as part of a 10-year vision for a “new era” for a “rewired” Britain driven by devolution.

The Makerfield MP, who is expected to replace Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister next month, lamented his generation of politicians for failing to be “good enough” to create change in the country as he proposed his “Manchesterism” agenda as the way to fix it.

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