Andy Burnham is expected to become the next British prime minister, succeeding Sir Keir Starmer. The former mayor of Greater Manchester has vowed to enact radical change to the nation’s politics and described the political system as broken.

Burnham pledged to transfer power and money from Whitehall to the regions through a new “No 10 North” based in Manchester, according to gdelt. He also said he would give away a chunk of his power, dailysabah reported.

He told the chief executive of the Greater Manchester combined authority that, conditional on becoming prime minister, the official would serve as his deputy chief of staff to lead the new No 10 North, the Guardian reported.

Steve Reed publicly supported Burnham’s devolution plans, gdelt reported. Burnham’s platform includes improving living standards that have stagnated or fallen since the 2008 global financial crisis, France 24 reported, and he said he would build the broadest possible coalition to lift Britain back up, the Hindu reported.

He outlined a 10‑year plan aimed at spreading wealth and economic growth across the UK, gbnews.com reported.