Burnham Moves to Strip UK Treasury of Growth Policy, Relocate It to Manchester

Prime Minister Andy Burnham wants to take growth policy from the Treasury and hand it to a new No 10 department in Manchester, overseen by cabinet ally Louise Haigh. He likened the approach to Harold Wilson's short-lived Department for Economic Affairs. The Treasury is still recruiting growth-related roles, suggesting an uneasy coexistence rather than a clean transfer.