Andy Burnham‘s No 10 North is turning into a ‘fiasco’ with the Prime Minister ‘struggling’ to find the time to leave London to head back to his beloved Manchester, Government sources say.
Mr Burnham announced the new department with great fanfare when he entered Downing Street in the summer – apparently without appreciating the volume of work required in London.
In addition, security sources say that a lack of fully vetted political staff in No 10 North means that if a national emergency occurs while Mr Burnham is in Manchester he will have to be flown to either London or Edinburgh.
Mr Burnham
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