Whitehall officials offered move to No 10 North in Manchester

It sets out a possible recruitment plan that would bring in new hires from across Greater Manchester and the wider North of England.

In total, the report suggests around 300 staff should be employed within 18 months.

It proposes transferring teams from Whitehall departments, including the Treasury, Cabinet Office, and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government – all of which are now being led by secretaries of state from the North of England.

Whitehall officials willing to move to Manchester have been told they will be offered relocation packages, the BBC understands.

It’s also likely there will be a significant movement of staff from Andy Burnham’s former mayoral team at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).

The BBC has been told that at least three senior figures are understood to have agreed to work at No 10 North. Some GMCA staff expressed surprise at only finding out their colleagues would be moving after seeing them on TV greeting the new prime minister in Downing Street.

The Re:State blueprint also suggests that there should be a secretary of state responsible for No 10 North, supported by a junior minister based there, although nothing has yet been announced by Burnham.

Formal details of some of the changes are expected to be revealed later, in the House of Lords, and as government appointments continue to be made.