Burnham Offers to Work with Devolved Governments to Spread Power to Regions
Burnham said the plan would give cities and regions more control as he seeks new growth models across the UK.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham meets First Ministers of Scotland and Wales in Glasgow today to discuss devolving more power to regional authorities and communities across the United Kingdom.
- Burnham, who earlier described Scotland as "one of the most centralised nations in Europe," wants the country to benefit from regional empowerment models similar to his drive in England. He urged First Minister John Swinney to "put politics aside" to achieve this goal.
- Tensions persist over UK Government plans to end the triple lock on pensions from 2030. Pensions Minister Torsten Bell claimed Swinney was "lying" and making "cheap political points to scare pensioners," while Swinney insists pensioners will "lose out as a consequence of the abolition of the triple lock."
- Northern Ireland will not be represented after First Minister Michelle O'Neill claimed deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly "blocked" their attendance amid fallout from an allegedly unlawful protest on Garvaghy Road last month. O'Neill defended her participation as the "right thing to do."
- Despite previously declaring a second Scottish independence referendum "off limits," the Prime Minister has shifted focus toward practical solutions to the cost of living crisis. He stated, "I don't want to be the last PM of the UK," signaling priority on constitutional unity over independence debates.
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham makes new offer to work with each nation to place more decision-making in the hands of regions and cities at a meeting with the First Ministers of Scotland and Wales in Glasgow today.
First Minister to challenge PM over powers and funding for Wales
Nation.Cymru staff First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth will urge Prime Minister Andy Burnham not to bypass the Senedd or treat Wales as a region of England when they meet in Glasgow on Friday. Mr ap Iorwerth will press for greater devolved powers, a fairer funding settlement and delivery of the UK Government’s £14 billion rail […]
The First Minister, Andy Burnham, will meet regional leaders and the Prime Ministers of the nations at the National Economic Council meeting tomorrow (30 October). Although this will be the second time that the Council has met, this will be the first time that the First Minister of Wales, Rhun ap Iorwerth, will be part of some of the most important economic discussions of our time across the United Kingdom.
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