Burnham’s ‘Number 10 of the North’ Explained

In this video, we’re going to look at Burnham’s plan for a “No10 North”, where it might be located, and whether it could work. 📰 Too Long: https://toolong.news/ 🎉 TLDR Party: https://toolong.news/pages/tldr-party 📖 Read our Manifesto: https://tldrnews.co.uk/manifesto Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought. TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that's not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can't wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, engaging and sharing. Thanks! SOURCES IfG Working With Number 10 https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/working-number-10 IfG No 10 Downing Street https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/no10-downing-street Manchester Evening News Andy Burnham Speech Transcript https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/andy-burnhams-speech-full-promises-34203926 FT How Would a Number 10 of the North Work? https://www.ft.com/content/aa23415f-79f9-4afc-ad00-d4433aae6d64?syn-25a6b1a6=1 The Guardian Burnham’s No 10 of the North https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/02/burnhams-no-10-north-could-two-centre-government-be-made-to-work IfG Burnham Needs to Be Clear About No 10 North Purpose https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/no10-north-burnham-manchester BBC News No 10 North Will Rebalance Power https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2jw5q5pdzo BBC News Burnham Plans to Work Some Days in Manchester https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1ey985nyqpo Spectator Archive The DEA What Went Wrong https://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/11th-november-1966/13/the-dea-what-went-wrong Warwick Lightfoot’s Substack Economic Record of Labour Government https://warwicklightfoot.substack.com/p/economic-record-of-labour-government-2c7