“We’re building the answer” – Andy Burnham on the North vs Westminster

Andy Burnham has thrived after switching Westminster for Manchester as a mayor. And he has high hopes for the North harnessing its voice more in the future. The Labour mayor of Greater Manchester spoke with Andrew Harrison about boosting regions outside of London, and dealing with names and not numbers in his role. 

• “You look at things through different eyes. You can deal with names not numbers.” 
• “Before these mayors in regions, where did people complain? People at least have one person to complain to.” 
• “Having made all these promises to the north, they were very quickly in default mode.” 
• “If you go with the rules of Westminster, in the end people don’t know who you are.” 
• “We’re building the answer for more places to set their own course.” 

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Presented by Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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