Addressing staff at No10 North, Andy Burnham said the new office in Manchester will be 'the nerve centre of a rewired Britain' and said power and energy will flow through the site in the coming years

Power has been too centralised in Britain and tackling that is key to progress and prosperity. This initiative is ambitious: we’re remaking the state, says UK prime minister Andy…

New PM Andy Burnham announced his ambition to create a northern branch of Downing Street in Manchester last month to stop power being hoarded in Westminster