Andy Burnham promises greater devolution to free country ‘stuck in a rut’
Burnham said the plan would shift power to councils and create a Manchester-based No 10 North to drive 10-year growth and housing reforms.
- On Monday, June 29, 2026, prospective Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged the "biggest rebalancing of power" during a speech in Manchester, proposing a "No 10 North" office to coordinate devolution across the UK.
- Burnham aims to replace the centralized, top-down model with regionally-driven growth, citing his "Manchesterism" track record to reindustrialize the UK and address north-south economic inequalities.
- The 10-year mission empowers regional mayors with control over housing, welfare, education, and utilities while committing to existing fiscal rules to "strive for equivalent living conditions."
- Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch dismissed the proposal as "allowing chaos to run and run," while Reform UK's Richard Tice criticized the lack of "debate in Parliament," exposing political hurdles.
- Widely expected to assume office by July 20, 2026, the Makerfield MP remains the sole declared leadership candidate; his structural changes must survive immediate governing pressures in a country he describes as "stuck in a rut.
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The candidate for the office of British Prime Minister, Burnham, has announced a decentralization of the government should he be elected.
Burnham vows to ‘rewire’ Britain
The UK’s likely next prime minister pledged to redistribute political clout across the country, setting up a “No. 10 North” in Manchester. In a major policy speech outlining his goals, former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham on Monday promised “the biggest change in our lifetimes to the way the country is run,” leading to a “rewired Britain.” The idea of decentralizing fiscal power away from London is an unusual one for an incoming leader, …
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UK's PM-in-waiting vows to rip up politics as usual
Andy Burnham, Britain's prime minister-in-waiting, vowed on Monday to de-liver radical change to the nation's politics by handing more power to its regions and encourag-ing collaboration over argument in a 10-year mission to spur "good" growth. In a speech at the People's History Museum in Manchester, "one of my favourite places on earth", Burnham offered some detail of his plans if, as expected, he becomes Britain's seventh prime minister in a …
Andy Burnham, who hopes to succeed Keir Starmer on July 20, promises more growth "in every zip code" decentralizing the country and creating a new Downing Street in Northern EnglandInterview - Tom McTague, director of The New Statesman: “Andy Burnham will try to look more like Pedro Sanchez” Andy Burnham hopes to take over from Keir Starmer as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on July 20. The favorite and only current candidate in the Labour …
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