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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil and Luke Reevey

Andy Burnham: I'll give Sadiq Khan more power on homes and education to keep London 'world's greatest capital'

Andy Burnham pledged to devolve more powers on housing and education to Sir Sadiq Khan as he firmly pinned the blame on Whitehall and the Westminster government for Britain’s living standards crisis.

The Prime Minister-in-waiting also argued that the “biggest devolution of power in modern times” to regenerate England’s regions would help London by reducing the forces driving its “overheated economy and overcrowded housing market”.

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