<p>Ninety-plus Labour MPs warn civil service lacks skills to drive growth where it is needed and plan should be steered by Louis Haigh from Manchester</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/26/ai-cloud-computing-companies-guppy-level-death-elon-musk-stock-markets-dollar-oil-bond-yieds-latest-news-updates">Business live – latest updates</a></p><p></p></li></ul><p>Andy Burnham’s pledge to reindustrialise Britain is doomed to fail unless it is driven decisively from his <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/29/andy-burnham-no-10-north-nerve-centre-rewired-britain">new No 10 North</a> outpost in Manchester, a group of more than 90 backbench Labour MPs is warning.</p><p>The PM has suggested that rebuilding the UK’s industrial capacity will be central to meeting his pledge to bring <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/19/andy-burnham-economy-defence-housing-and-living-costs">“good growth in every postcode”</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/26/drive-reindustrialisation-from-no-10-north-labour-mps-tell-burnham">Continue reading...</a>