Andy Burnham spends first working day at new No 10 North in Manchester – UK politics live

PM chairing the inaugural meeting of the national economic council that will aim to shift economic decision-making away ‌from London

Andy Burnham has arrived by police convoy at No 10 North at Heron House in Manchester:

Andy Burnham was probably feeling left out of the “Celtic alliance”, after apparently telling John Swinney that Scottish independence was “off limits”.