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First Minister Swinney Urges Prime Minister to ‘Turn Words into Action’ on Devolution
Swinney urged the Prime Minister to back deeper devolution and offered to expand local youth employment support as one in six young Scots are not in work or study.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham is meeting Scottish First Minister John Swinney and Welsh First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth in Glasgow today for the inaugural National Economic Council meeting focused on regional empowerment and reindustrialisation.
- Burnham announced a £1 billion investment across the United Kingdom over the next four years to support regional development through his 'No10 North' initiative, aiming to 'rewire the state' with devolved governments.
- Swinney is pressing the UK Government to deliver substantive devolution proposals, stating "the UK Government must ensure that any devolution proposals respect devolution in Scotland" to help grow the economy.
- Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill was blocked from attending the Glasgow meeting on Thursday by Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly amid ongoing party tensions with DUP leader Gavin Robinson.
- Separately, Chancellor John Healey announced a 'Back British' policy requiring overseas companies winning defense contracts worth £50 million or more to reinvest 100% of the contract value into the United Kingdom.
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John Swinney urges Prime Minister to 'respect' devolution ahead of crunch meeting
JOHN Swinney has urged the Prime Minister to “turn words into action” by working “constructively” with the Scottish Government and respecting devolution ahead of a key meeting in Glasgow.
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Burnham says he wants to offer more ‘regional empowerment’ ahead of devolution summit – UK politics live
Key events John Swinney urges Burnham to devolve more powers to Scottish government In his statement ahead of the devolution summit in Glasgow today, Andy Burnham made it clear that he is interested in transferring more power from Edinburgh to Glasgow. (See 9.11am.) But John Swinney, the Scottish first minister, would rather talk about devolving […]
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