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Burnham to call on Swinney to work together to spread devolution across Scotland

On Friday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham will visit Lanarkshire to urge First Minister John Swinney to devolve more decision-making authority to local councils, arguing that "power was never supposed to stop at the doors of the Scottish Parliament."
Burnham claims the Scottish Government is one of the most centralised administrations in Europe, asserting that Holyrood fails to give local communities enough say despite significant devolution from Westminster over the last 27 years.
Through his "No10 North" initiative, the Prime Minister aims to work with the Scottish Government to drive reindustrialisation; Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander called the offer a "genuine one" to help regions seize economic opportunities.
At a Glasgow meeting, Burnham told Swinney that a second Scottish independence referendum remains "off limits," even as the First Minister prepares to promote his independence push at Saturday's SNP conference.
Meanwhile, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said her party has "no plans" to strip powers from the Scottish Parliament during a Thursday visit to Edinburgh, though she suggested a review into how devolution is working might be necessary.

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