{"id":747364,"date":"2026-08-23T17:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/747364\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T17:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:20:11","slug":"burnham-stays-away-from-no-10-north-wedding-after-brides-plea-andy-burnham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/747364\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnham stays away from No 10 North wedding after bride\u2019s plea | Andy Burnham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andy Burnham fulfilled a bride\u2019s wishes by not turning up for her wedding after she asked him not to spoil her big day as she got married at the building housing No 10 North.<\/p>\n

Sarah Burwin had pleaded on TikTok in July for Burnham not to work from the building in Manchester<\/a> that day, which hosts the government\u2019s northern headquarters and the city\u2019s register office.<\/p>\n

Burwin had said she feared the security detail Burnham requires would ruin wedding photographs outside the venue when she got married on Friday.<\/p>\n

She told the prime minister he would be welcome at her wedding, but told him to give his security detail \u201can hour off\u201d. She later joked he could DJ the afterparty.<\/p>\n

Burnham did not turn up, but did send a video message<\/a> to her and her new husband Fred. \u201cThank you so much for the invite. But sadly, I\u2019m honouring your initial request for me to stay out of the way, as I\u2019m filming this as I\u2019m about to leave No 10 North for the day,\u201d Burnham said.<\/p>\n

\u2018What a lad!\u2019 The couple watch Burnham\u2019s video reassuring them he was staying away. Photograph: Tiktok<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI couldn\u2019t let the day go by without sending you both a message. I hope you have the best day celebrating, and thank you for being such a good sport about No 10 North suddenly being a big part of your big day. The DJ set will have to wait for another time, but I hope you play some good tunes on my behalf, big Manchester bangers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burwin could be seen replying: \u201cOh my God. What a lad. I love him!\u201d<\/p>\n

Burnham opened No 10 North<\/a> within the first few days of becoming prime minister, honouring a pledge he had made before he succeeded Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n

It falls under his new Office of the Prime Minister<\/a>, which has taken in parts of the Cabinet Office, the Treasury and housing ministry.<\/p>\n

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In her original video on TikTok<\/a>, which has reached nearly 1.5m views, Burwin had posted: \u201cI saw you set up your new gaff, No 10 North, at Heron House. I saw it on the news; gorgeous, love what you\u2019ve done with the place. But I\u2019m actually getting married there on 21 August, and on the news today, the place was surrounded with police, bollards, all sorts. A lot of stuff that wasn\u2019t there before.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy trouble is, I was planning to get nice photos like after, the register office, outside, and I\u2019m just a bit worried that all of this is kind of ruining the vibe.\u201d<\/p>\n