Andy Burnham is bringing Downing Street to Manchester. The landmark plans for a Northern government hub were announced in Burnham’s speech on 29 June, in which he said that “No 10 North will be at the centre of a rewired Britain.”
The MP almost certain to be the next prime minister chose the People’s History Museum in Manchester, a homage to Britain’s left-wing history, to unveil his pitch for power
The former New Labour minister has previously contested the leadership twice. Nicole Wootton-Cane looks at the life and career of the Greater Manchester mayor, who hopes to be Britain’s next prime minister