Andy Burnham’s Number 10 North changes the postcode, but not the politics

Delivered without notes or a lectern – outdoor furniture now firmly associated with prime ministerial failure – his inaugural speech was essentially a mea culpa, and thus widely received as refreshingly candid.

Ms Rayner compared how the devolution plans would work to a theoretical scenario whereby her friend, the ex-Labour MP and current West Yorkshire Mayor Tracey Brabin, sought government support for a new tram scheme.

He’s the seventh British prime minister to walk through the famous black door of Number 10 Downing Street since the Brexit vote 10 years ago.

Over half a century of taking their pulse, Ipsos has collected data on shifting attitudes for the mighty Understanding Society, the largest longitudinal household study in the world, run by the Institute for Social and Economic Research.