Andy Burnham to propose devolution plan in first major policy speech since launching bid for No 10 – UK politics live
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Andy Burnham, a Labour politician and former Greater Manchester mayor, is poised to succeed Prime Minister Keir Starmer and is the only declared candidate for the position. He plans to present proposals to redistribute governmental authority from London to regional areas, aiming to strengthen local economies and improve living standards across the nation.
Moderate: Centrist outlets emphasize Burnham's devolution proposal and how redistributing power from London to the regions would reshape Britain's governance.
Conservative: Conservative outlets emphasize questions about Burnham's policy specificity and potential leftward shifts, while highlighting his strategy to appeal to northern voters.
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Good morning. When Keir Starmer became PM, he had published his missions and his first steps, Labour was awash with policy, but some people still felt it was hard to know what his driving motivation was, what was the single big goal he wanted to achieve in politics. Andy Burnham is set to become PM three weeks today and in his case it is easy to answer this question because he published a book about it in early 2024 with Steve Rotheram, the Liverpool city region mayor, called Head North. They argue that the north of England has lost out because power in the UK is hoarded in the south and they propose a huge rebalancing, achieved by the devolution of decision making and spending away from London, building on some of the work they had been able to achieve as metro mayors.
Anyone curious as to what Burnham will do in Downing Street has to start here. The book even includes a 10 point plan, some elements of which will almost certainly be dropped but some of which will be at the core of the Burnham project.
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