Alongside a cardboard cutout of Downing Street “Chief Mouser” Larry the cat, the door will feature inside the office building.
The cost of the faux door has since been revealed, which came to the eyewatering sum of £978.87, including its purchase and transportation, while the wider set-up of the office cost upwards of £49,000.
This means that the “King of the North” spent two per cent of the funds allocated to create No10 North on a door that does not even function as a real door.
Some of the Prime Minister’s top team have been sent to work up in Heron House in the centre of Manchester until a permanent office could be “fully functional” in around six years’ time.
Mr Burnham has promised to spend one day a week from the northern hub, created as part of his bid to commit to a “devolution revolution”.
The Cabinet Office said: “No10 North was established to drive the Government’s devolution and economic growth agenda.
“Its purpose is to bring policy-making and decision-making closer to communities across the country, supporting the Government’s objective of spreading opportunity, investment and economic growth more evenly beyond Westminster and Whitehall.”
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Andy Burnham vows the UK will do ‘everything we can’ to support British nationals impacted by Nepal floods
Andy Burnham has vowed the UK will do “everything we can” to support British nationals impacted by the devastating floods in Nepal.
In a statement, Mr Burnham said: “These scenes emerging from along the Nepal-China border are devastating.
“My thoughts are with all those affected, including the families and loved ones of British nationals missing in this tragedy.
“We will do everything we can to support British nationals impacted in the region and are in touch with the relevant authorities to offer support.
“I urge British nationals in the region to follow guidance from the local authorities and follow our travel advice.”
Reform unveils plan to ‘save’ British businesses by slashing red tape and axing ‘ridiculous EU laws’
Reform UK has pledged to scrap UK privacy rules to slash “red tape” for businesses and axe “ridiculous EU laws”.
Treasury spokesman for the party, Robert Jenrick, said the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – which mirrors EU legislation and was adopted as domestic law after Brexit – had “strangled” tech firms and small enterprises.
Under new proposals, the framework would be replaced by rules modelled on New Zealand’s privacy legislation, which is seen as more lenient, the party said.
Mr Jenrick outlined the pro-business pitch this morning, including a pledge to widen a tax-relief scheme for investors in small businesses in the UK to allow relatives to claim advantages more easily.
He said the GDPR had “strangled small businesses and tech firms alike in a web of unnecessary regulation”.
“Ten years after the Brexit referendum, we should not still be following ridiculous EU privacy laws that hurt British businesses”, he added.
It ewould change the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme to ensure parents and grandparents can put up to £250,000 into their child or grandchild’s small business, and receive an income tax rebate of 50 per cent and exemption from capital gains tax if they hold the investment for three years.
The party has also announced promises to reverse the rise in employer national insurance contributions and changes to inheritance tax on farms, while introducing a “hard work bonus” that scraps income tax on overtime.
Andy Burnham told to ‘drop Net Zero dogma’ as Labour’s green levies blamed for energy bills hitting three-year high
Labour has been urged to “drop your Net Zero dogma” as it battled claims that green charges were driving up energy bills.
Ofgem announced a four per cent hike to the energy price cap this morning, bringing it to its highest level in three years.
The increase was blamed on wholesale gas prices, which have soared as a result of the war in Iran.
The costs make up around 40 per cent of the average bill
Labour’s ‘catastrophic betrayal’ of Britons blasted by Zia Yusuf after refusal to release migrant crime data: ‘It’s a cover-up!’
Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf has accused the Labour Government of a “cover-up” after its refusal to release migrant crime data into the public domain.
Speaking to GB News, the Home Affairs spokesman declared the move a “catastrophic betrayal” of Britons who “deserve to know the truth”.
In a new campaign, 11 families of victims of crimes carried out by migrants have written to Justice Secretary Alex Norris, demanding that the Government publishes the data revealing the full scale of foreign offending in England and Wales from 2018 to 2024.
The Information Commissioner ruled previously that data revealing the full scale of the data in question should be published.
New additions to Reform’s top team expected ‘in the months ahead’ as party still lacks spokesmen for key fields
MPs criticised Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin, Suella Braverman and Lee Anderson, among others | PANew additions to Reform UK’s top team are expected in the months ahead, according to word from Robert Jenrick today.
The party’s Treasury spokesman made the comment to reporters at a news conference this morning, while being questioned over a lack of spokesmen for key areas such as defence, foreign affairs and health.
The MP said: “Look, you’ve heard in the last fortnight from Richard Tice on housing. You heard from me and Richard on welfare reform, how we can bring down our absolutely ballooning welfare bill.
“You’ve heard from Zia Yusuf about how we solve the prison crisis and boot out the foreign criminals back to places where they came from, or to El Salvador. And you heard from me today about small businesses.
“So the offer from Reform is very broad. Nigel’s been clear that that’s going to continue.
“And there will be new additions in the months ahead to our top team.”