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Evening Standard
David Lynch

No 10 North growth focus not a demotion for Chancellor, says Rayner

Andy Burnham and John Healey (Christopher Furlong/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Prime Minister’s plans to hand responsibilities for economic growth to the new No 10 North are not a demotion for Chancellor John Healey and the Treasury, Angela Rayner has said.

Andy Burnham said in an interview with The Times that the new Manchester-based satellite office of Downing Street will take over responsibility for growth from the Treasury as part of his drive to push power out of Whitehall.

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