The UK's constitutional future is a big issue for the new PM, with Burnham poised to take up that role.

In France, Germany and Italy, productivity levels in second cities are 20 to 30 per cent higher than in the UK. Devolution ...

Andy Burnham has built his reputation on championing regional devolution in the UK – as Greater Manchester’s mayor he was celebrated as the ‘king of the north’. If, as now seems likely, he becomes the ...

On Monday, Andy Burnham, the presumptive prime minister, is expected to announce plans to devolve further powers from ...

Scotland’s role in Andy Burnham’s plans to revolutionise devolution remains a mystery - but the bold vision could be the bold ...

Before then, though, he needs to set out his vision for the country. That will come later this morning in a speech at the ...

ANDY Burnham “wants to change” devolution powers days after he rolled back claims he wanted to “tear up” the funding ...

Makerfield MP on course to be PM will argue for more decision-making in regions and communities as he sets out platform for government ...

Burnham to pledge ‘circuit-breaker’ for Britain in devolution and economy speech - The Makerfield MP will confirm a flagship ...

Indeed, if devolution were the answer to a nation’s problems, France – with its 35,000 mayors – would be the most successful country on earth. Devolution in the UK has a fundamental flaw: the devolved ...

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