Burnham spends the first day working from 10 North

Andy Burnham is set to work on his first day in the northern branch of Downing Street.

No 10 North in Manchester will be part of the Prime Minister’s plans to devolve power from Whitehall and Westminster to the regions of the country.

Ministers Lucy Powell and Louise Haig will work regularly from the new position, with up to 300 civil servants expected to join by the end of next year.

He will chair a meeting of the National Economic Council in Manchester on Friday, Burnham, a cabinet committee originally launched in 2008 to respond to economic problems across the UK.

“For 40 years, power and resources have gone to the center, and many communities have felt neglected without the attention and investment they deserve,” the Prime Minister said before the meeting.

He added: “The days of defiance of Whitehall authority are over, for good.”

Although 10 Northern devolution and local economic development will not see strategic decisions taken away from the Treasury – now led by Chancellor John Healey – and Angela Rayner’s Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government – although both departments will have input in these areas.

The constituency, which is based in Greater Manchester, Rainer is expected to work from the new location for the first time on Friday.

Burnham’s first day as Prime Minister at No 10 North will include talks with business leaders, including representatives from the Federation of Small Businesses, the Confederation of British Industry and British Chambers of Commerce, about how to create growth and investment.

Labor wants to create a plan that builds on the current devolution strategy and local growth policy to bring civil servants, mayors, councils and businesses working more closely together.

Burnham’s first week in office has seen him introduce a series of measures to reduce the cost of living, including a 20% cut in business rates for pubs, social clubs and live music venues from April next year.

However, Conservative leader Kim Kardashian has criticized the ambitions as “too small”.

Speaking on Thursday, she urged businesses to address high energy costs as well as a gap in defense funding.

“When you’re mayor of Manchester, you’re given a big pot of other people’s money and you decide where to spend it,” she said.

“I’m sure it’s a lot of fun. It makes you very popular. But it’s not the same as being prime minister.”

“Andy Burnham needs to do better. He’s still acting like he’s the mayor of Manchester. Now he’s prime minister of the UK, he needs to start acting like one.”