Andy Burnham Offers Devolution Deals To All Regions
Burnham said the plan would extend devolution to all parts of the UK and give places more control over essential services and growth policy.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham returned to the House of Commons on Tuesday after 16 years, delivering his first statement as PM focused on public ownership and local devolution.
- Drawing on his experience as Greater Manchester mayor, Burnham argued that deindustrialization and privatization drained power from communities, aiming to replace what he called a "two-tier England."
- Burnham announced devolution offers for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Cornwall Council, while touting cost-of-living measures including a £2 bus fare cap and 20% business rate cuts for pubs and clubs.
- Opposition leader Zack Polanski dismissed the proposals as "just tinkering," while the administration confirmed plans to address prison overcrowding by deporting more foreign national offenders.
- Political tests await the Prime Minister, including his first Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday and the COP31 climate summit in Turkey, alongside Budget decisions and Nato spending commitments.
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At his first appearance in Westminster, the British Prime Minister tries to convey optimism in the midst of chaos and measures to restore the power of private companies to the public and to the regions
The former mayor of Manchester made his debut as Prime Minister on the same day that Starmer resigned as a Member of Parliament. Key issues of the speech: lowering the cost of living for the middle classes, criticizing the privatisation of public enterprises and...
Will the new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham succeed in fulfilling his promise for a better United Kingdom? After taking over from Keir Starmer six weeks ago, he promised wonderful things and boosted the atmosphere in the country. Burnham will need all his optimism to make his administration a success. Today, he addressed Parliament for the first time.
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