Alex Forsyth

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2,054 appearances 20 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2d ago

Alex Forsyth’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 20 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 6.

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Newscast · Andy Burnham's (Un)Funded Tax Cut · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

the Treasury or the Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government. voice-verified

Also number 10 North, therefore, is going to be tasked with, again, the strategy behind driving regional economic growth. voice-verified

Because you've got to remember, this whole devolution agenda is part of Andy Burnham's whole economic plan. voice-verified

He thinks if... voice-verified

you can really transform where power sits so that areas have much more say over driving investment or building housing or whatever it is. voice-verified

He thinks you can get the economy growing that way. voice-verified

So that's a really quite significant thing. voice-verified

We are told that the Treasury and the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government are still going to have a really crucial role to play, but the overarching strategy is sitting with Number 10 North. voice-verified

And the second one is this new office. voice-verified

What's the acronym again? voice-verified

Thank you very much. voice-verified

OPIMCA. voice-verified

So that is basically, I think, about having a kind of centralised team that can drive the prime minister's agenda. voice-verified

And again, you will remember that Andy Burnham has talked about the kind of resistance of Whitehall that he encountered as the mayor of Greater Manchester, particularly to this idea of shifting power voice-verified

out of London to other places. voice-verified

By London, I mean Westminster and Whitehall, not London, the city. voice-verified

And I think that this is sort of an attempt to make sure that doesn't happen under his watch. voice-verified

So it's about a kind of, they say it's about focusing on the sort of top strategic priorities of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. voice-verified

This new office is going to answer to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. voice-verified

And I think it's about driving Andy Burnham's agenda through and voice-verified

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