Andy Burnham’s flagship ‘Number 10 North’ is being set up with a bold aim to ‘oversee the biggest rebalancing of power our country has ever seen’.
But in what could be an immediate setback for the new Prime Minister’s plan to move political power from Westminster, a top barrister has now claimed that the land where the department’s new offices will be based was purchased ‘unlawfully’ by Manchester City Council.
Christopher Knight KC, acting on behalf of property mogul Aubrey Weis, believes officials twice broke the law before acquiring the leasehold for the 10.5-acre former Central Retail Park site for £35million in
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