The prime minister's office said on the 23rd it has opened a 'Northern Downing Street No.10' in Manchester. The facility, in the city-centre Heron Building, will be a regular workplace for Prime Minister Burnham and other cabinet ministers and will coordinate local economic development and devolution policy. The move is described as an effort to shift economic decision-making away from London. Burnham will chair the restarted National Economic Council's first meeting at the site on the 24th; sen

The prime minister's office said on the 23rd it has opened a 'Northern Downing Street No.10' in Manchester. The facility, in the city-centre Heron Building, will be a regular workplace for Prime Minister Burnham and other cabinet ministers and will coordinate local economic development and devolution policy. The move is described as an effort to shift economic decision-making away from London. Burnham will chair the restarted National Economic Council's first meeting at the site on the 24th; senior cabinet members and English regional mayors are scheduled to attend. The office said Burnham is expected to work from Manchester on a weekly basis going forward.