Andy Burnham confirms he will set up ‘No 10 North’ in Manchester in major policy speech – as it happened

Economy The Guardian By Andrew Sparrow 29 Jun 2026 16:23 1 min read

Makerfield MP and hopeful prime minister says he will ‘bring about biggest rebalancing of power the country has ever seen’ Andy Burnham vows to set up No 10 North as ‘nerve centre of rewired Britain’ Asked what she thought of Andy Burnham not taking questions this morning, Badenoch said: Andy Burnham doesn’t like questions. Nigel Farage doesn’t like questions. Even Keir Starmer in parliament, he doesn’t like questions here. If you want somebody who can answer questions, please come to me. I wi

Makerfield MP and hopeful prime minister says he will ‘bring about biggest rebalancing of power the country has ever seen’

Andy Burnham vows to set up No 10 North as ‘nerve centre of rewired Britain’

Asked what she thought of Andy Burnham not taking questions this morning, Badenoch said:

Andy Burnham doesn’t like questions. Nigel Farage doesn’t like questions. Even Keir Starmer in parliament, he doesn’t like questions here.

If you want somebody who can answer questions, please come to me. I will answer all of your questions.

I know that it should not be Ed Miliband. He is the single person who has done the most to deindustrialise our country and make us poorer. He should not be rewarded with an even more powerful job where he can completely bankrupt the country.

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